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Google Maps API call fails because request URL is too large #396
Description
On my MacBook (OS X 10.8) in my current network environment, all calls to the Google Maps APIs fail because the constructed request URL is too large. The following is an example of a curl call that is executed:
curl --compress --connect-timeout 60 -s '-A Prey/0.6.0 (mac)' 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/browserlocation/json?browser=true&sensor=true&wifi=mac:08-17-35-82-9b-7f|ss:-87|ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:00
-1d-e5-4c-7b-7c|ss:-83|ssid:guestbykey&wifi=mac:00-1d-e5-4c-7b-7e|ss:-89|ssid:Gast&wifi=mac:08-17-35-82-9b-7b|ss:-87|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-b5-ed-27|ss:-87|ssid:support&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-b5-ed-2b
|ss:-89|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi=mac:00-25-86-bb-28-3a|ss:-73|ssid:Service%20Desk&wifi=mac:08-17-35-82-5d-c9|ss:-90|ssid:mustererkennung&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-73|ss:-70|ssid:guestbykey&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-75
-3f|ss:-89|ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-75-37|ss:-88|ssid:support&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-75-3b|ss:-88|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-75-36|ss:-88|ssid:HREAP&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-97|ss:-72|ssid:s
upport&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-99|ss:-72|ssid:mustererkennung&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-9b|ss:-72|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-9c|ss:-72|ssid:guestbykey&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-9d|ss:-72|ssid:Telef
onie&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-9e|ss:-72|ssid:Gast&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-9f|ss:-72|ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-96|ss:-72|ssid:HREAP&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-75-3c|ss:-90|ssid:guestbykey&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e
-1c-77-72|ss:-70|ssid:Telefonie&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-74|ss:-70|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-78|ss:-70|ssid:support&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-70|ss:-70|ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:00-1d-e5-4c-c0-c1|ss:
-89|ssid:Gast&wifi=mac:00-1d-e5-4c-c0-c0|ss:-85|ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-76|ss:-71|ssid:mustererkennung&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-79|ss:-70|ssid:HREAP&wifi=mac:00-1d-e5-4c-7b-74|ss:-73|ssid:wgb-inte
rnet&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-99|ss:-70|ssid:HREAP&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-98|ss:-70|ssid:support&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-96|ss:-70|ssid:mustererkennung&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-94|ss:-70|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi
=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-93|ss:-69|ssid:guestbykey&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-92|ss:-70|ssid:Telefonie&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-91|ss:-70|ssid:Gast&wifi=mac:00-3a-99-ad-3b-90|ss:-68|ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b
-36|ss:-58|ssid:mustererkennung&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-32|ss:-67|ssid:Telefonie&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-39|ss:-57|ssid:HREAP&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-34|ss:-62|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-30|ss:-57|
ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-3c|ss:-57|ssid:guestbykey&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-79|ss:-64|ssid:mustererkennung&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-7d|ss:-63|ssid:Telefonie&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-7e|ss:-63|ssid:Gas
t&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-76|ss:-63|ssid:HREAP&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-7b|ss:-63|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-77|ss:-63|ssid:support&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-77-7f|ss:-63|ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:00-1d-
e5-4c-7b-7d|ss:-88|ssid:Telefonie&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-6c-7c|ss:-80|ssid:guestbykey&wifi=mac:08-17-35-82-9b-7c|ss:-88|ssid:guestbykey&wifi=mac:00-1d-e5-4c-7b-79|ss:-88|ssid:mustererkennung&wifi=mac:00-1d-e5-4
c-7b-76|ss:-82|ssid:HREAP&wifi=mac:00-1d-e5-4c-7b-77|ss:-82|ssid:support&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-6c-79|ss:-80|ssid:mustererkennung&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-6c-7d|ss:-80|ssid:Telefonie&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-6c-76|ss:-
79|ssid:HREAP&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-6c-7b|ss:-80|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-6c-77|ss:-79|ssid:support&wifi=mac:34-a8-4e-1c-6c-7f|ss:-79|ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-39|ss:-58|ssid:mustererke
nnung&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-3d|ss:-58|ssid:Telefonie&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-36|ss:-58|ssid:HREAP&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-3b|ss:-58|ssid:wgb-internet&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-37|ss:-58|ssid:support&wifi=mac:6c-9
c-ed-87-b-3f|ss:-57|ssid:Meeting&wifi=mac:6c-9c-ed-87-b-3e|ss:-57|ssid:Gast'
This is the response of the Google Maps API:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=en>
<meta charset=utf-8>
<meta name=viewport content="initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width">
<title>Error 414 (Request-URI Too Large)!!1</title>
<style>
*{margin:0;padding:0}html,code{font:15px/22px arial,sans-serif}html{background:#fff;color:#222;padding:15px}body{margin:7% auto 0;max-width:390px;min-height:180px;padding:30px 0 15px}* > body{background:u
rl(//www.google.com/images/errors/robot.png) 100% 5px no-repeat;padding-right:205px}p{margin:11px 0 22px;overflow:hidden}ins{color:#777;text-decoration:none}a img{border:0}@media screen and (max-width:772px){
body{background:none;margin-top:0;max-width:none;padding-right:0}}
</style>
<a href=//www.google.com/><img src=//www.google.com/images/errors/logo_sm.gif alt=Google></a>
<p><b>414.</b> <ins>That’s an error.</ins>
<p>The requested URL <code>/maps/api/browserlocation/json</code>... is too large to process. <ins>That’s all we know.</ins>
I notice that most WiFi SSIDs appear multiple times in the request URL, with different MAC addresses. This is probably specific to this location (large corporate environment).
Related issue: #395