Chilkat v11.6.0 / v11.6.1 Release Notes
See Release Notes for Versions 11.6.0 and 11.6.1
Chilkat v11.5.0 Release Notes
✨ New Features HttpCurl A new Chilkat class has been added: HttpCurl The Chilkat.HttpCurl class executes curl commands and can automatically resolve dependent values needed by a request. Variables such as {{access_token}}, {{site_id}}, or {{drive_id}} may appear in URLs, headers, query parameters, or request bodies. If a variable is not yet known, HttpCurl builds […]
Chilkat v11.4.0 Release Notes
✨ New Features Js A new Chilkat class has been added: Js is a minimal, standards-compliant JavaScript engine designed to embed JavaScript inside applications with very small footprint and fast startup. It executes JavaScript code inside an application without requiring a browser or large runtime. See About the Chilkat.Js JavaScript Engine Ai Provider — […]
Office365 SMTP AUTH XOAUTH2 Fails with “535 5.7.3 Authentication unsuccessful”
If you successfully minted an OAuth2 access token for your Azure Entra Id App, but then it fails when attempting to use it in the SMTP protocol for sending email with the error: AUTH XOAUTH2 user=xxx auth=Bearer ********************** 535 5.7.3 Authentication unsuccessful [BN9PXXXA0336.namprd03.prod.outlook.com 2024-04-16T12:11:26.548Z 08DC9999186DF999] Check your Entra Id App Registration to make sure you […]
How to Troubleshoot Office365 IMAP AUTHENTICATE XOAUTH2 Failed
Question: We have an issue reading mail and we see the below error message in log Login: DllDate: Oct 27 2023 ChilkatVersion: 9.5.0.96 UnlockPrefix: *** UnlockStatus: 2 Architecture: Little Endian; 32-bit Language: *** VerboseLogging: 0 imapServer: outlook.office365.com loginX(2219ms): login: abc@example.com greeting: * OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready. [***] authenticateXOAuth2(2219ms): xoauth2Imap(2219ms): ConnectionType: SSL/TLS […]
Chilkat v9.5.0.98 Release Notes
Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-97-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-99-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.98 Release Notes General: Removed all internal usage of the R250 random number generation algorithm and replaced with the more cryptographically secure Fortuna algorithm. DNS: Fixed various DNS problems having to do with VPNs or other uncommon situations. Ftp2: Fixed situation where CreateRemoteDir is called, but the remote […]
Capturing HTTP Cookies in a POST Response and Sending in Subsequent HTTP POST’s
Question: A particular REST/Web API returns a cookie. I need to capture this cookie and use it when sending subsequent POSTs. For example, this is the CURL statement to login and save the response cookie(s) to a file. curl -c cookies.txt -H “Content-Type: application/json” -X POST -d ‘{“username”:”user”,”password”:”pass”}’ http://192.168.1.1/api/login Then I need to use the […]
Solving the CommonJS (Common JavaScript) and ECMAScript Modules (ESM) Problem
The following is a solution graciously provided by a Chilkat user trying to convert a node16 application using Common JS (require) to node20 using ESM (import). CommonJS (Common JavaScript) and ECMAScript Modules (ESM) are two different module systems used in JavaScript environments. CommonJS is the module system used in Node.js and is characterized by `require()` […]
GMail Mailboxes vs Labels
GMail technically doesn’t use mailboxes or folders. Instead it uses “labels”. Labels appear as folders (i.e. mailboxes) in email clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird, or as mailboxes in the IMAP protocol. See https://hiverhq.com/blog/labels-vs-folders-guide I recommend comparing how your GMail looks in Outlook (or Thunderbird) vs the web browser at Gmail.com. Notice how an email […]
Protected: Using a Chilkat .NET Core Support Fix on Feedz.io
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Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Release Notes
Previous Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-96-release-notes/ Next Version: https://cknotes.com/chilkat-v9-5-0-98-release-notes/ Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Release Notes SSH/SFTP/SshTunnel: Mitigated vulnerability to the Terrapin attack. See Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Mitigates Terrapin Attack Vulnerability CodeSign: Added the Chilkat.CodeSign class. This provides the ability (on Windows) to Authenticode sign DLLs and EXEs. It also provides the ability to validate Authenticode signed EXEs and DLLs, and to […]
Chilkat v9.5.0.97 Mitigates Vulnerability to the SSH Terrapin Attack
Chilkat v9.5.0.97 makes changes to mitigate the Terrapin attack problem. It does so by modifying the selection of the default algorithms in the following ways: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com is no longer included by default. It can be re-added by specifying “+chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com” in the UncommonOptions property. We are going to keep the “-cbc” encryption modes because potentially too […]
Solved: Python ImportError: libc.musl-armhf.so.1: cannot open shared object file
Problem Report I tested the Chilkat API (for Python) on my Windows PC (everything works fine). Now I want to use Chilkat for Python on my Raspberry Pi 3 B+, OS Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye). arch -> armv7l (32Bit) python -V -> Python 3.9.2 So I choose this Download: “Python 3.9 Module for armhf Alpine […]