add-url to LAN1's PC from server php code

[roderick]

Hello, I'd appreciate any help with this:

- I have a PC "A" on LAN1: this PC "A" has a static WAN IP and has utorrent running.

- From a PC "B" I'm accesing a server which has PHP code that tries to do the following:

http://[LAN1's PC "A" static WAN IP]:[PORT]/gui/?action=add-url&s=[TORRENT URL]

The above action is executed unsuccessfully

- Under the previously mentioned server, if I type the following in its browser navigation bar:

http://[LAN1's PC "A" static WAN IP]:[PORT]/gui/?action=add-url&s=[TORRENT URL]

The action is also unsuccessful (so I think that the server's PHP code is not necessarily wrong)

- From a PC "C" on LAN1, if I type the following in its browser navigation bar:

http://[LAN1's PC "A" static WAN IP]:[PORT]/gui/?action=add-url&s=[TORRENT URL]

The above action is executed OK

My question is the following: is there a way I can execute the "add-url" action on a PC "A" from a server (or PC "B") that is on a different network without modifying the configuration of the PC-A's LAN router?

Thanks in advance

[DreadWingKnight]

if they're all on the same LAN, you do it with the LAN ip and not the WAN ip.

[roderick]

Thanks for the response, but I think I have not explained the situation correctly nor accurately; I'll try to do it in the following lines:

Situation A:

- Under a server, we have PHP code that tries to do the following:

http://[LAN1's PC "A" static WAN IP]:[PORT]/gui/?action=add-url&s=[TORRENT URL]

The above action is executed unsuccessfully

Situation B:

- Under the previously mentioned server, if I type the following in its browser navigation bar:

http://[LAN1's PC "A" static WAN IP]:[PORT]/gui/?action=add-url&s=[TORRENT URL]

The action is unsuccessful

Situation C:

- Under the previously mentioned server, if I type the following in its browser navigation bar:

http://[LAN1's PC "A" static WAN IP]:[PORT]/gui

The action is successful (which results weird to me, as situation B was not successful)

Situation D:

- From a PC "C" on LAN1 (192.168.1.101), if I type the following in its browser navigation bar:

http://[LAN1's PC "A" LAN IP (192.168.1.199)]:[PORT]/gui/?action=add-url&s=[TORRENT URL]

The above action is executed successfully

Situation E:

- From a PC "C" on LAN1 (192.168.1.101), if I type the following in its browser navigation bar:

http://[LAN1's PC "A" LAN IP (192.168.1.199)]:[PORT]/gui

The above action is executed successfully

To sum up, I'd like to know whether there is any possibility that situations A and B could be executed successfully; also, the result of situation C seems strange to me.

Thanks in advance.

[klor]

Situation C won't require the token in the URL, but Situation B does.

I would think if you try to access http://[LAN1's PC "A" static WAN IP]:[PORT]/gui from your PHP code you would succeed, as long as you authenticate the request correctly.

The URL in Situation A needs the token inserted: http://[LAN1's PC "A" static WAN IP]:[PORT]/gui/?token=<token>&action=add-url&s=torrenturl.torrent&t=<timestamp>

where <token> is retrieved with the XPath /html/div[@id=token]/text() from http://[LAN1's PC "A" static WAN IP]:[PORT]/token.html

and <timestamp> is the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch. Note I don't actually know why the timestemp bit is needed, because I can't find it documented, but the WebUI does it.

You'll also need to make sure you're sending the GUID cookie which you received when you first connected.

[roderick]

Hello,

your post has been very helpful.

Thanks