Library home page redirecting to ProQuest search widget

kkoning

When trying to load my university's library home page (lib.msu.edu), Zotero immediately redirects me to http://search.proquest.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/widget/searchWidget

This prevents me from using my library's web site in Firefox. The zotero://debug log is included below. I've had to snip it a bit to make it fit in this comment.


version => 4.0.19, platform => MacIntel, oscpu => Intel Mac OS X 10.9, locale => en-US, appName => Firefox, appVersion => 28.0

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(3)(+0000000): Proxies.properToProxy: http://search.proquest.com/widget/searchWidget?params=eNqNUstu00AUNWnTl2... to http://search.proquest.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/widget/searchWidget?params=eNqNUstu00A...

(3)(+0000024): Translators: Looking for translators for http://lib.msu.edu/

(4)(+0000008): Translate: Binding sandbox to http://lib.msu.edu/

(4)(+0000002): Translate: Parsing code for unAPI

(4)(+0000000): Translate: Parsing code for COinS

(4)(+0000001): Translate: Parsing code for DOI

(4)(+0000001): Translate: Parsing code for Embedded Metadata

(3)(+0000002): Translate: Embedded Metadata: found 5 meta tags.

(3)(+0000001): Translate: All translator detect calls and RPC calls complete

(5)(+0000000): Translate: Running handler 0 for translators

(3)(+0000597): Proxies.proxyToProper: http://search.proquest.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/widget/searchWidget?params=eNqNU... to http://search.proquest.com/widget/searchWidget?params=eNq...

(3)(+0000001): Translators: Looking for translators for http://search.proquest.com/widget/searchWidget?params=eNqNUs...
(4)(+0000001): Translate: Binding sandbox to http://search.proquest.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/widget/searchWidget?params=eNqNUs...

(4)(+0000001): Translate: Parsing code for Library Catalog (InnoPAC)

(4)(+0000003): Translate: Parsing code for unAPI

(4)(+0000001): Translate: Parsing code for COinS

(4)(+0000001): Translate: Parsing code for DOI

(4)(+0000000): Translate: Parsing code for Embedded Metadata

(3)(+0000003): Translate: Embedded Metadata: found 2 meta tags.

(3)(+0000000): Translate: All translator detect calls and RPC calls complete

(5)(+0000000): Translate: Running handler 0 for translators

adamsmith

as a temporary workaround, you can just disable proxy redirection in the proxy tab of the Zotero preferences.

kkoning

Thanks. =D However, having Zotero redirect links from Google Scholar is way more useful than my library's home page, and it's not that big of a deal to just use Chrome for that temporarily. In other words, thank you Zotero developers, for a wonderfully useful app! :)

adamsmith

OK, so what's going on is that there is an iframe from proquest on that page (when you click on "Articles" above the search box) and proquest is on the list of resources to proxy, so that triggers the auto-redirect.
I'm not sure it that's preventible, someone more knowledgeable about the proxy redirect feature would have to say.

kkoning

It might not be an easy problem to fix... :/ Not doing redirect when they're in iFrames likely isn't a workable solution, because an iFrame might account for substantially all of a user interface. OTOH, excluding certain URLs like the ProQuest search widget is an ugly kluge. Maybe there's a more sophisticated solution, like ignoring iFrames that are below a certain % of the visible screen.... dunno.

aurimas

I think in Firefox it would be possible to intercept all outgoing HTTP requests and poxify them. Seems like right now it simply sends you to another page when Zotero detects a page it's supposed to proxy. Haven't look at this closely enough to actually say if this will be possible. Just an idea.