My example code:
private var xmlResults:XML = new URLLoader;
private var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

public function fErrorHandler(e:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace(“xml failed!”);
}

//when the “loader” event object finishes the loading of the xml file, run other needed functions to process the data
private function fLoaderCompleteHandler(event:Event):void {

trace(“xml loaded!!”); //jwt testing
var result2:XML = new XML(urlLoader.data); // loads the xml file data into the xml object
xmlResults = result2; //have the global xml object equal the current data loaded xml object
result2 = null; // dont need current xml object any more so erase it

fParseXML(0); //process the first set of records from the xml object
trace(“found xml” + xmlResults.toString());
}

public function fParseXML(intAddNum:Number):void{
//create variables to store the record info
//
var envelope:XML = xmlResults; //XML(urlLoader.data);
var soap:Namespace = envelope.namespace(“soap”);
var responseN:Namespace = new Namespace(“http://www.domain.com/school/ServiceCollege”);
var resultL:XMLList = envelope.soap::Body.responseN::HelloTestResponse.responseN::HelloTestResult;

var strTest:String;
//if only one response field will be return by the web service
strTest = resultL;
//do something like this if multiple response feilds will be returned
//strTest = resultL.response::schoolName.toString();
trace(“parsing:” + strTest);
trace(“done loading:”);
}

public function fBeginRequest():void{
var strXMLDataRequest:String
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
urlRequest.contentType = “text/xml; charset=utf-8″;
urlRequest.method = “POST”;
urlRequest.url = “http://www.domain.com/school/serviceCollege.asmx”;
var soapAction:URLRequestHeader = new URLRequestHeader(“SOAPAction”,”http://www.domain.com/school/ServiceCollege/HelloTest”);
urlRequest.requestHeaders.push(soapAction);
strXMLDataRequest = “<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=\”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\” xmlns:xsd=\”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\” xmlns:soap=\”http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\”>”;
strXMLDataRequest = strXMLDataRequest + “<soap:Body>”;
strXMLDataRequest = strXMLDataRequest + “<HelloTest xmlns=\”http://www.domain.com/school/ServiceCollege\” />”;
strXMLDataRequest = strXMLDataRequest + “</soap:Body>”;
strXMLDataRequest = strXMLDataRequest + “</soap:Envelope>”;
urlRequest.data = new XML(strXMLDataRequest);
urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
urlLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, fErrorHandler); //add the event to the “loader” object
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, fLoaderCompleteHandler); //add the event to the “loader” object
}

Soap Request:
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” xmlns:xsd=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” xmlns:soap=”http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”>
<soap:Body>
<HelloTest xmlns=”http://www.domain.com/school/ServiceCollege” />
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Soap Response:
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” xmlns:xsd=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” xmlns:soap=”http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”>
<soap:Body>
<HelloTestResponse xmlns=”http://www.domain.com/school/ServiceCollege”>
<HelloTestResult>string
</HelloTestResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

My example code:
private var xmlResults:XML = new URLLoader;
private var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

public function fErrorHandler(e:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace(“xml failed!”);
}

//when the “loader” event object finishes the loading of the xml file, run other needed functions to process the data
private function fLoaderCompleteHandler(event:Event):void {

trace(“xml loaded!!”); //jwt testing
var result2:XML = new XML(urlLoader.data); // loads the xml file data into the xml object
xmlResults = result2; //have the global xml object equal the current data loaded xml object
result2 = null; // dont need current xml object any more so erase it

fParseXML(0); //process the first set of records from the xml object
trace(“found xml” + xmlResults.toString());
}

public function fParseXML(intAddNum:Number):void{
//create variables to store the record info
//
var envelope:XML = xmlResults; //XML(urlLoader.data);
var soap:Namespace = envelope.namespace(“soap”);
var responseN:Namespace = new Namespace(“http://www.domain.com/school/ServiceCollege”);
var resultL:XMLList = envelope.soap::Body.responseN::HelloTestResponse.responseN::HelloTestResult;

var strTest:String;
//if only one response field will be return by the web service
strTest = resultL;
//do something like this if multiple response feilds will be returned
//strTest = resultL.response::schoolName.toString();
trace(“parsing:” + strTest);
trace(“done loading:”);
}

public function fBeginRequest():void{
var strXMLDataRequest:String
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
urlRequest.contentType = “text/xml; charset=utf-8″;
urlRequest.method = “POST”;
urlRequest.url = “http://www.domain.com/school/serviceCollege.asmx”;
var soapAction:URLRequestHeader = new URLRequestHeader(“SOAPAction”,”http://www.domain.com/school/ServiceCollege/HelloTest”);
urlRequest.requestHeaders.push(soapAction);
strXMLDataRequest = “”;
strXMLDataRequest = strXMLDataRequest + “”;
strXMLDataRequest = strXMLDataRequest + “”;
strXMLDataRequest = strXMLDataRequest + “”;
strXMLDataRequest = strXMLDataRequest + “”;
urlRequest.data = new XML(strXMLDataRequest);
//
//
//
//
//
//;
urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
urlLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, fErrorHandler); //add the event to the “loader” object
urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, fLoaderCompleteHandler); //add the event to the “loader” object
}

Soap Request:

Soap Response:

string

I have been trying to get AIR to work with GData ClientLogin with no luck using both URLLoader or HTTPService.

No matter what I try I always get this error: Error #2096: The HTTP request header DQAAA……..pYVA3MvmOksKg
cannot be set via ActionScript.

You mentioned that you have GData services working in Adobe AIR. Could you please provide some example code that works?

My understanding is that you can’t

http://blog.simb.net/?p=1696

Do you have a link to the Adobe technical document you mention that outlines a path back to allowing the Authorization header?

All of that aside, Adobe released a technical document last week that outlines their path to returning the Authorization header to flash player use as well. There will be another update to Flash Player in April that with a little modification to server communication, will allow you to send the Authorization header again. So they recognize that this was an issue for many people.

The only information I have for your delima was that I am actually using the URLLoader class not the HTTPService. So you might run a test with that and see if they are restricting the header on httpservice.

Like Brooks, I’m running an AIR app (that worked in Beta 3 or the Flash player of that era anyway) and now it suffers that same error. I’m using httpservice to login to google calendar, then parsing the session key and using for Authorization header in subsequent interactions on my calendar (this is the approach Google mandates).

In AIR, with POST…and I’m toast. This would limit me from doing any kind of intelligent interaction with web apis requiring authentication because the entire session requires the session key in the header.

As far as my philosophy on security, if you want to provide an application of any kind, for any platform of any power or value, you need to establish trust with the originator of the application. You’ll never microcontrol application providers and still have them provide anything of value.

You mention that Authorization can be set in AIR apps. However, I’m attempting to do this in an AIR app working with GData and still getting ArgumentError #2096.

Any insights? I would of thought AIR would allow balls to the wall manipulation of the headers, but it seems to be crippled as well.