[NIFI-1714] GetHTTP fails to parse certain cookie expiration dates

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.6.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.6.1
• Component/s: Extensions
• Assignee: Michael W Moser
• Reporter: Michael W Moser
• Created: 31/Mar/16 19:39
• Updated: 04/Apr/16 18:25
• Resolved: 04/Apr/16 18:25

Description

I'm trying to use GetHTTP to access a web server that assigns a _session cookie then redirects to another URL that expects that cookie to be set. Normally the Apache HTTPComponents HttpClient handles this.

Unfortunately, due to a bug HTTPCLIENT-1640, the HttpClient fails to parse this particular server's _session cookie expiration date. The error is

WARN o.a.h.c.p.ResponseProcessCookies Invalid Cookie Header: "Set-Cookie: _session=abc123; path=/; expires=Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:10:16 -0000". Invalid 'expires' attribute: Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:10:16 -000
ERROR o.a.n.p.s.GetHTTP Failed to retrieve file from http://fqdn/url due to null; rolling back session: org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException