HTTPSocket connects locally, on app store it fails

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I have a Mac desktop app on the app store. The HTTPSocket connects locally in development, but on the app store it fails. So basically I have a function that detects the users WAN IP address. That works locally, but when you download the app from the app store that field fails and I get an error.
Code I’m using:
// Get the page or give up in 30 seconds
PageData = HTTPSocket1.get( “http://checkip.dyndns.com”,30)

The http response code I receive is: 0
Status code 0 is a response object that generally means no response

I thought it was entitlements but that is only on iOS. I use App Wrapper to wrap my app but this is a bit beyond my understanding of how to get past Apple’s security to allow.

Does anyone have experience with this and can offer direction to overcome this issue?

Thanks in advance!

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Entitlements are on macOS for the App store also. I would recommend App Wrapper, which provides a nice interface for controlling these things.

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Also note: Mac App Store is going to require you use https
I quickly tried that address and it doesn’t look like it’s offering https.

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Try https://api.ipify.org/ instead and use URLConnection if possible.

Var u As New URLConnection
MessageBox u.SendSync("GET","https://api.ipify.org/")
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Heads up: ipify is on ad blocking hosts blacklists.
(+1 for URLConnection though!)

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I believe it was the http not being secure.
I’m going to host my own ip return on a web page so I can better control things. The traffic is low enough to warrant this approach for now.
I’ll also change it to use URLConnection.

Wow - thanks everyone. This forum rocks!

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Doesn’t SendSync Freeze the UI? I’ll experiment with Send and SendSync

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Yes it does. Using Send is recommended.

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Yes, but i wanted to keep it simple

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Got it - create a Thread… :slight_smile:

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I believe SendSync will also lock the thread and the UI at the same time.
I’ve seen that in webApps.
Using Send is the best way to do it.