<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hey all,<div><br></div><div>on most of my website running on (latest catalyst: 5.90065) i always get utf8 related errors.</div><div>the usually appear if a spider </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; EasouSpider; +<a href="http://www.easou.com/search/spider.html">http://www.easou.com/search/spider.html</a>)</div><div>comes accross.</div><div><br></div><div>the error is:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Caught exception in engine "UTF8 Error: utf8 "\x98" does not map to Unicode at /usr/local/…./lib/perl5/Catalyst/Plugin/Unicode/Encoding.pm line 167.</div><div><br></div><div>It took me while to get the actual parameters the spiders sends because the debug-message of catalyst do not tell that much :...</div><div><br></div><div>—————————————</div><div>[2014/07/16 15:08:47] [5.255.253.218] [INFO] vim /usr/local/…./lib/perl5/Catalyst.pm +2016: *** Request 164 (0.032/s) [10682] [Wed Jul 16 15:08:47 2014] ***<br>[2014/07/16 15:08:47] [5.255.253.218] [DEBUG] vim /usr/local/…./lib/perl5/Catalyst.pm +2309: Response Code: 400; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; Content-Length: unknown<br>[2014/07/16 15:08:47] [5.255.253.218] [INFO] vim /usr/local/.../lib/perl5/Catalyst.pm +1880: Request took 0.006491s (154.059/s)<br>.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------.<br>| Action | Time |<br>+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+<br>'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------'</div><div>—————————————</div><div><br></div><div>i changed to Plugin::Unicode::Encoding plugin a bit to find out what the client sends … the results are these:</div><div>UTF8 trash arrives - and the module seems unable to deal with it…</div><div><br></div><div>————————————</div><div>Caught exception in engine "UTF8 Error: utf8 "\x98" does not map to Unicode at /usr/local/…../lib/perl5/Catalyst/Plugin/Unicode/Encoding.pm line 170.<br> -<br><br>URL: notice/list<br><br>PARAMS:$VAR1 = {<br> 'X*Ö^K^@^@^@^@¸®ä<br>^@^@^@^@8<83>^H^K^@^@^@^@h¡ä<br>^@^@^@^@Hµä<br>^@^@^@^@X^Z^N^Q^@^@^@^@ø<91>^F^Q^@^@^@^@Ø^F^N^Q^@^@^@^@¸<92>^F^Q^@^@^@^@(^K^N^Q^@^@^@^@<88>^B^N^Q^@^@^@^@¸úÝ^P^@^@^@^@^X%q^G^@^@^@^@اñ^O^@^@^@^@ØøB.^@^@^@^@èâÝ^P^@^@^@^@XÛ_^L^@^@^@^@ÈíÝ^P^@^@^@^@¸~P^S^@^@^@^@èåÝ^P^@^@^@^@Øný^O^@^@^@^@<88>úÝ^P^@^@^@^@^Xá( ^@^@^@^@ئÆ<br>^@^@^@^@Øï*^Q^@^@^@^@^X' => '^F^L^@^@^@^@<98>Ûø^O^@^@^@^@Ø~^A^N^@^@^@^@<98>=H>^@^@^@^@ø<99>ó^K^@^@^@^@hÔu^R^@^@^@^@¸<8e>ó^K^@^@^@^@^Xä_^L^@^@^@^@Ø<90>a^G^@^@^@^@hðÉ^O^@^@^@^@8ã*^G^@^@^@^@ØØý^M^@^@^@^@Xùë^F^@^@^@^@^HÜý^M^@^@^@^@8W6^H^@^@^@^@øÐý^M^@^@^@^@xÿÃ^K^@^@^@^@X]i^O^@^@^@^@8^Mÿ^H^@^@^@^@Xû<98>^Q^@^@^@^@x¦h^H^@^@^@^@Xý<98>^Q^@^@^@^@^X=5^H^@^@^@^@^X¦ú^K^@^@^@^@^XVQ^P^@^@^@^@^H^Yû^N^@^@^@^@x¤h^H^@^@^@^@^Xå<98>^Q^@^@^@^@ø¤h^H^@^@^@^@Xé<98>^Q^@^@^@^@X¼h^H^@^@^@^@Ø¡h^H^@^@^@^@øf<82>^Q^@^@^@^@^X>éH^@^@^@^@xv<82>^Q^@^@^@^@X6éH^@^@^@^@xl<82>^Q^@^@^@^@83Ì^G^@^@^@^@Xl<82>^Q^@^@^@^@¸Ñý^M^@^@^@^@xr<82>^Q^@^@^@^@H[^H^Q^@^@^@^@^X|<82>^Q^@^@^@^@¸Ë¢^K^@^@^@^@¸u<82>^Q^@^@^@^@<98>Á¢^K^@^@^@^@Øp<82>^Q^@^@^@^@8Í¢^K^@^@^@^@Øl<82>^Q^@^@^@^@XË¢^K^@^@^@^@Xq<82>^Q^@^@^@^@^Xi^W^H^@^@^@^@Xc<82>^Q^@^@^@^@¸Å¢^K^@^@^@^@8h<82>^Q^@^@^@^@<98>Т^K^@^@^@^@¨fÐ^Q^@^@^@^@ØÉ=^R^@^@^@^@ÀC<95>^M^@^@^@^@°S<95>^M^@^@^@^@^PI<95>^M^@^@^@^@À\\<95>^M^@^@^@^@ðE<95>^M^@^@^@^@<80>B<95>^M^@^@^@^@@P<95>^M^@^@^@^@<80>Q<95>^M^@^@^@^@ J<95>^M^@^@^@^@p\\<95>^M^@^@^@^@àU<95>^M^@^@^@^@àF<95>^M^@^@^@^@àA<95>^M^@^@^@^@^@<9e>ô^P^@^@^@^@°<9d>ô^P^@^@^@^@0<91>ô^P^@^@^@^@ <9e>ô^P^@^@^@^@^P<8e>ô^P^@^@^@^@ <88>ô^P^@^@^@^@Ð<82>ô^P^@^@^@^@ <8d>ô^P^@^@^@^@<90><95>ô^P^@^@^@^@à<90>ô^P^@^@^@^@@<95>ô^P^@^@^@^@P<8f>ô^P^@^@^@^@<90><81>ô^P^@^@^@^@ <97>ô^P^@^@^@^@Ð<8c>ô^P^@^@^@^@p<88>ô^P^@^@^@^@P<99>ô^P^@^@^@^@<90><90>ô^P^@^@^@^@@<9a>ô^P^@^@^@^@0<9b>ô^P^@^@^@'<br> };<br><br><br> // value: $VAR1 = '^F^L^@^@^@^@<98>Ûø^O^@^@^@^@Ø~^A^N^@^@^@^@<98>=H>^@^@^@^@ø<99>ó^K^@^@^@^@hÔu^R^@^@^@^@¸<8e>ó^K^@^@^@^@^Xä_^L^@^@^@^@Ø<90>a^G^@^@^@^@hðÉ^O^@^@^@^@8ã*^G^@^@^@^@ØØý^M^@^@^@^@Xùë^F^@^@^@^@^HÜý^M^@^@^@^@8W6^H^@^@^@^@øÐý^M^@^@^@^@xÿÃ^K^@^@^@^@X]i^O^@^@^@^@8^Mÿ^H^@^@^@^@Xû<98>^Q^@^@^@^@x¦h^H^@^@^@^@Xý<98>^Q^@^@^@^@^X=5^H^@^@^@^@^X¦ú^K^@^@^@^@^XVQ^P^@^@^@^@^H^Yû^N^@^@^@^@x¤h^H^@^@^@^@^Xå<98>^Q^@^@^@^@ø¤h^H^@^@^@^@Xé<98>^Q^@^@^@^@X¼h^H^@^@^@^@Ø¡h^H^@^@^@^@øf<82>^Q^@^@^@^@^X>éH^@^@^@^@xv<82>^Q^@^@^@^@X6éH^@^@^@^@xl<82>^Q^@^@^@^@83Ì^G^@^@^@^@Xl<82>^Q^@^@^@^@¸Ñý^M^@^@^@^@xr<82>^Q^@^@^@^@H[^H^Q^@^@^@^@^X|<82>^Q^@^@^@^@¸Ë¢^K^@^@^@^@¸u<82>^Q^@^@^@^@<98>Á¢^K^@^@^@^@Øp<82>^Q^@^@^@^@8Í¢^K^@^@^@^@Øl<82>^Q^@^@^@^@XË¢^K^@^@^@^@Xq<82>^Q^@^@^@^@^Xi^W^H^@^@^@^@Xc<82>^Q^@^@^@^@¸Å¢^K^@^@^@^@8h<82>^Q^@^@^@^@<98>Т^K^@^@^@^@¨fÐ^Q^@^@^@^@ØÉ=^R^@^@^@^@ÀC<95>^M^@^@^@^@°S<95>^M^@^@^@^@^PI<95>^M^@^@^@^@À\\<95>^M^@^@^@^@ðE<95>^M^@^@^@^@<80>B<95>^M^@^@^@^@@P<95>^M^@^@^@^@<80>Q<95>^M^@^@^@^@ J<95>^M^@^@^@^@p\\<95>^M^@^@^@^@àU<95>^M^@^@^@^@àF<95>^M^@^@^@^@àA<95>^M^@^@^@^@^@<9e>ô^P^@^@^@^@°<9d>ô^P^@^@^@^@0<91>ô^P^@^@^@^@ <9e>ô^P^@^@^@^@^P<8e>ô^P^@^@^@^@ <88>ô^P^@^@^@^@Ð<82>ô^P^@^@^@^@ <8d>ô^P^@^@^@^@<90><95>ô^P^@^@^@^@à<90>ô^P^@^@^@^@@<95>ô^P^@^@^@^@P<8f>ô^P^@^@^@^@<90><81>ô^P^@^@^@^@ <97>ô^P^@^@^@^@Ð<8c>ô^P^@^@^@^@p<88>ô^P^@^@^@^@P<99>ô^P^@^@^@^@<90><90>ô^P^@^@^@^@@<9a>ô^P^@^@^@^@0<9b>ô^P^@^@^@';<br><br><br>headers: Connection: close<br>Accept: text/html, application/xml;q=0.9, application/xhtml+xml, image/png, image/jpeg, image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, */*;q=0.1<br>Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate<br>Accept-Language: zh;q=0.9,en;q=0.8<br>Host: <a href="http://wbc-inco.net">wbc-inco.net</a><br>User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; EasouSpider; +<a href="http://www.easou.com/search/spider.html">http://www.easou.com/search/spider.html</a>)<br>Content-Length: 927<br>Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded<br>REFER: <a href="http://b------.net/“">http://b------.net/“</a></div><div><br></div><div>————————————<br><br></div><div>to understand the logging above: this is what i added /changed in the Catalyst::Plugin::Unicode::Encoding</div><div><br></div><div>————————————————————</div><div>around line 168:</div><div><br></div><div> my $val;<br> eval {<br> $val = Encode::is_utf8( $value ) ? $value : $enc->decode( $value, $CHECK );<br> };<br> if ($@){<br> # UPS !<br> # get request infos<br>use Data::Dumper;<br>my $params = $self->req->parameters;<br>my $headers= $self->req->headers->as_string;<br>die "UTF8 Error: $@ - \n\nURL: " . $self->req->path . "\n\nPARAMS:" . Dumper( $params ) . "\n\n // value: " . Dumper($value) . "\n\nheaders: " . $headers;<br>….</div><div>————————————————————</div><div><br></div><div>I guess my Catalyst Apps are not the only ones with these errors ?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>about my App settings / config:</div><div><br></div><div>app-config has</div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>encoding UTF-8</div></div><div><br></div><div>App.pm does not load Unicode::Encoding anymore (since this is not need when using latest Catalyst: 5.90065)</div><div><br></div><div>i am using postgres with</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pg_enable_utf8 1</div><div>(but the error about is far away from any DB related problem i guess)</div><div><br></div><div>using Catalyst::Plugin::Unicode::Encoding version 2.1 (coming with catalyxt)</div><div><br></div><div>i just checked out the tracker for catalyst on cpan, there is an UTF8 issue ticket</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=94957">https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=94957</a></div><div>but i does not look as it was this problem ...</div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas what todo ?</div><div>Add a issue/ticket ?</div><div><br></div><div>thanks for feedback,</div><div>bernhard bauch<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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