[$80] - Captcha issue when applying as a reviewer

[MonicaMuranyi]

When I want to apply as a reviewer in a challenge I have to add the captcha code multiple times although I enter the correct word. I often get an error page and then I have to click the browser back button and start again entering the captchas until it works. This doesn't happen consistently but it happens in 70% of cases.

[birdofpreyru]

@ajefts Is there any way to turn a test user into a reviewer, so it can be tested and fixed?

[ajefts]

yes. I just made reviewer1/topcoder#1 as a code, f2f, and ui proto reviewer.

[birdofpreyru]

@ajefts @MonicaMuranyi Should I see the captcha at the same page, where I see the open review positions, and have the Apply Now button? As when I try test reviewer on www.topcoder-dev.com, I don't see it there, but also it does not allow me to press Apply Now - nothing happens.

@ajefts Also, which repo hosts the reviewer auction code?

[birdofpreyru]

Expected Fix

1. Find out, how to test for this issue with the locally deployed App (keep in mind, that the related code, might be in another repo).
2. Fix the issue, and provide brief comments, how to test.

[Colinh84]

@birdofpreyru Can I take this issue please? For some reason, I am unable to assign myself..

[birdofpreyru]

@Colinh84 Sure, it is yours. I'll also update your rights in this repo in a moment

[Colinh84]

@birdofpreyru Thanks!

[Colinh84]

@birdofpreyru I'm not sure this one can be solved - The review system is not part of this repo, and there is no captcha related code either...

[birdofpreyru]

@Colinh84 Well, you are not restricted to this repo only. The code should be in some of the repos belonging to appirio-tech, I believe all they are public, so you can look around, to see if you can find it.

[Colinh84]

@birdofpreyru I've found the repo responisble which is tc1-tcnode. However, I'm having trouble getting it deployed properly on my local linux environment, so I will let someone try this.

[MonicaMuranyi]

The captcha only appears after clicking the "Apply Now" button. Sorry for the late reply on this.

[arifnyet]

@birdofpreyru can i pick up this ticket ?

[phinguyen712]

@birdofpreyru may I have permission to pick up this ticket also?

[birdofpreyru]

@arifnyet @phinguyen712
Well, @arifnyet was first, so the ticket goes to him for now.

[arifnyet]

@birdofpreyru i dont think i can solve this in 24 hrs... i need to solve the js file error first before i can test the captcha.... feel free to remove me if somebody else can solve this faster...

[birdofpreyru]

@arifnyet Well, if you want to, feel free to play with this one a bit more, if @phinguyen712 does not mind.
Actually, this one is a bit tricky, as probably demands to deploy the backend code, which is java based... I have not managed to do it myself yet :/

[arifnyet]

@birdofpreyru perhaps if someone can upload the latest newTCScript.js located in ./tc1-tcnode/tc-wars/static/src/main/webapp/js/reskin/newTCScript.js it could save me a lot of time of setting up multiple backends.. as you can see the error on the console said at line 823 the value is null which in the old script
searchNeedle = searchBox.value,
new script
searchNeedle = searchBox ? searchBox.value : null,
thus i believe would solve the js error so i can test the captcha

[birdofpreyru]

@arifnyet Nope, at the moment I am really not sure what are you talking about. I have not managed to run that tc1-tcnode code myself yet :( @ajefts should be able to help, if he has time.

[arifnyet]

@birdofpreyru i dont think i manage to do this.. even with the backend deployed it still give me TCWebException

[birdofpreyru]

@arifnyet Ok, no problem. How did you deploy it actually? Just following the README.md, or are there any know-how not mentioned in there?

[arifnyet]

@birdofpreyru i use ec2 instance... run a clean ubuntu install and apt-get the needed tech from there... for the informix i have to upload the image manually.... but dont take my word for it as even tho it is deployed it still gives me TCWebException whenever i enter the ec2ip/tc?module=ReviewAuctionApply&aid=12316&arid=9&b=Apply+Now

[birdofpreyru]

@arifnyet And where have you got the Informix image from?

[arifnyet]

@birdofpreyru https://www-01.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/tnd/preconfig.jsp?id=2013-10-02+10%3A49%3A20.723369R&S_TACT=&S_CMP=

[birdofpreyru]

@arifnyet Ok, I've also got Informix from that site.

Currently, when I build everything following instructions from the README, I get HTTP Status 404 when I try to access /tc route :( Still trying to figure out, what am I missing.

[arifnyet]

@birdofpreyru ok i check back my setup... i changed a few apache2 setup while doing this

[birdofpreyru]

@arifnyet Yeap, I'll appreciate if you help me with it.
So far what I can do:

1. Access localhost which shows me JBoss welcome screen.
2. From there I can access localhost/status, which says JBoss is fine.
   Everything else responds to me with 404 error.

[arifnyet]

@birdofpreyru sry for the wait... here is what i do to deploy some of the ear files eventho it is still tcwebexception
httpd.txt
steps.txt

i suspect the database connection is at fault...

[birdofpreyru]

@arifnyet Many thanks! I didn't know that JBoss server can be run with different configs, thus was running the wrong one, calling run.sh without -c all parameter (well, I never heard about JBoss before at all :)

Now I can see TC error message when I access to /tc and a bunch of error messages in JBoss log. Will try to resolve them :)

[arifnyet]

@birdofpreyru i leave it to you then... custom made java is hard for me to deal with without racking my brains out...