[Genome] custom track error: Unrecognized format line 1

[Galt Barber]

NO HTTPS SUPPORT
  (HTTPS = HTTP over SSL)
  (SSL = Secure Socket Layer)

We don't currently have the ability to handle
https in our network library net.c.  Over the years
we have extended our support from just http
to include ftp. We also added support for
user-names and passwords in a URL.  We also
have recently added support of 302 and 301
http-redirects.

However, https is still not available at this time.
With all the other protocols, you just get
back a regular unix handle which you can
read and write on.  Unfortunately, with https,
you instead must call different api functions
for reading, writing, closing.  Support is possible
but may add complications and take time.

We will treat this as a request to add https
support, and add that to our request database.

Perhaps you can find a work-around not involving
https.

Thanks for your feedback.

-Galt


On Tue, 20 May 2008, Xuning Wang wrote:

> Hi:
> I've got an error when I tried to open a custom track view at
> http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTracks?org=mouse&position=chr1&hgt.customText=https://clip.rockefeller.edu/result/16059/track.bed
> .
>
> The error is:
> Unrecognized format line 1 of custom track:
>
> However, when I save the track file locally and upload to the browser,
> it worked file. The track file
> https://clip.rockefeller.edu/result/16059/track.bed is open to world.
>
> Could you help me find out why?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Xuning Wang, Ph.D.
> Rockefeller University
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