[OpenLayers-Users] GetFeatureInfo in OpenLayers with no proxy?

[Eric Lemoine]

On Thursday, July 30, 2009, Alexandre Leroux <alexandre.leroux at ec.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> A simple question. In OL, can we do a GetFeatureInfo without setting up
> a Proxy?
>
> The http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/GetFeatureInfo page doesn't mention
> the need of a proxy.
>
> Before you ask, everything is hosted on the same server (the data, the
> WMS server, OpenLayers and MapFish) :-)

Hi. Note that same server does not mean same origin. Same origin means
same (host,port) tuple.



>
>
> Neither
> http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#ProxyHost and
> http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/WMSManager mention that the proxy
> requirement also applies to the GetFeatureInfo request.
>
>
> Context: we're setting up MapFish/OpenLayers on one of the highest
> traffic website of Canada (http://weather.gc.ca) and the technical staff are
> having difficulties setting up the Proxy. If there was a workaround not
> involving a proxy, that would be great.
>
> I just rejoined the OL list after two years of absence for this
> question, I'll move out again in the coming days, you can reach me
> directly on alexandre.leroux at ec.gc.ca - thank you
>
>
> Thank you for any feedback!
>
> Alex :)
> --
> Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
> Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
> Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
> Section de la réponse aux urgences environnementales /
> Environmental Emergency Response Section
> alexandre.leroux at ec.gc.ca
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