Using Gcal v3 API on localhost

Resolved jojaba
(@jojaba)

11 years, 5 months ago
Hello,

I would like to have the plugin work on my localhost installation.
mcdonna gaves a workaround on this post.
To have a look to this workaround here’s a summary (for windows users):
- Edit the \Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file (with notepad)
- add this line: 192.168.x.x fakedomain.com (where 192.168.x.x is your local IP, for me, it was 192.168.0.13)
- Register the local IP with Google in their dev console.
I’m not sure I registered the local IP in the dev console the good way…
I tried to create an api key by giving my local IP address in the accepted requests field but this didn’t work (of course I used the newly generated api key in the plugin api key field before testing.
What am I doing wrong? Is there another way to make it work on localhost?
The message that appears instead of the calendar:
```
There are no HTTP transports available which can
complete the requested request. Please ensure your
feed URL is correct.
No events to display.
```
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-calendar-events/

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Plugin Contributor Nick Young
(@nickyoung87)

11 years, 5 months ago

Have you tried entering 127.0.0.1 in the API settings field to see if that will allow your localhost?

Thread Starter jojaba
(@jojaba)

11 years, 5 months ago

Yes I did it. No better result.
Maybe I should ask on google calendar forums (I don’t know if they exist…)

aparente001
(@aparente001)

11 years, 5 months ago

Could you try using the plugin’s default shared public API key?

Thread Starter jojaba
(@jojaba)

11 years, 5 months ago

Just tried. didn’t work :/

Thread Starter jojaba
(@jojaba)

11 years, 5 months ago

Hello,

Did you manage to get the plugin work on localhost?
I tried to use my box IP in the dev console settings field, but this still didn’t work.
Just to be sure I’m not going the wrong way: I can create multiple api key for a calendar and use them simultaneously, is that correct?

Plugin Contributor Nick Young
(@nickyoung87)

11 years, 5 months ago

Yes you are correct. DO you have curl installed on your local host?

Thread Starter jojaba
(@jojaba)

11 years, 5 months ago

No the php extension curl is not activated.
Thread Starter jojaba
(@jojaba)

11 years, 5 months ago
Is it possible that it comes from my hosts file?
I paste here the content of the file I changed (the 4 lines, 1 commment and 3 local IP adresses:
```
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
# For Google calendar on localhost
       192.168.0.13     test.com
       192.168.1.23     test.com
       192.168.1.10     test.com 

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
       127.0.0.1       localhost
       ::1             localhost
```
Plugin Contributor Nick Young
(@nickyoung87)

11 years, 5 months ago

@jojaba,

I read somewhere (sorry no source :/ ) that it could be an issue with curl not being on. I would try turning the curl extension on and see if that helps.

Thread Starter jojaba
(@jojaba)

11 years, 5 months ago

I already try it out with curl turned on, but this didn’t help either.

Plugin Contributor Nick Young
(@nickyoung87)

11 years, 4 months ago

Did you ever get this working? I think it might just be an issue with Google not allowing connections from localhost IPs. What have you found?

Thread Starter jojaba
(@jojaba)

11 years, 4 months ago

No it doesn’t work for the moment. Yes, it comes from the Google not allowing connections from localhost and Donna gave some links on her post to fix this : https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gce-210-now-updated-for-gcal-api-v3?replies=84#post-6239648

But this didn’t work for me…

Plugin Contributor Nick Young
(@nickyoung87)

11 years, 4 months ago

Alright thanks for letting me know. I am going to mark this resolved then since it seems more of an issue with Google and not this plugin.

Thanks!

Thread Starter jojaba
(@jojaba)

10 years, 10 months ago

I finally managed to get it work on my local installation by using virtual hosts on wamp. This way, you don’t have an address like this http://localhost/domain but something like this http://domain.
How to create virtualhosts on wampserver 2.5: http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,127757
I hope this can be helpfull 😉

Plugin Contributor Nick Young
(@nickyoung87)

10 years, 10 months ago

Thanks for posting this for others to see 🙂

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