HTTP status 401 answer is reported as "500 / There was an error with the request"

[wymsee]

HTTP status 401 answer is reported as "500 / There was an error with the request"

[Fmstrat]

Just throwing a +1 on this since it took me forever to debug an issue in my app due to this. Thanks.

[marcsolanadal]

+1 I found what was the error thanks to this post.

[yyfearth]

+1 it looks like any kind of error on Android, it will return "500 / There was an error with the request"

[allie-wake-up]

This seems to work for me on Android for get and post requests. Is this specific to 401 errors or a specific version of android? Info here suggests that it is a 401 issue if your server is not responding with the correct headers: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11810447/httpurlconnection-worked-fine-in-android-2-x-but-not-in-4-1-no-authentication-c

iOS does not currently return the message body correctly in the event of an error however.

[Remicek]

I have the same problem as described here and on stackOverflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33230531/cordova-ssl-pinning-error-500-there-was-an-error-with-the-request

i am executing simplest possible GET request and i also get:
Cordova SSL pinning error 500: “There was an error with the request”

When i accept all certs, it is working.

EDIT:
When i changed CordovaHttpGet.java and other files when the message 'There was an error with the request' is sent to
this.respondWithError("There was an error with the request:" + e.getCause());
I get better debug info:

Initialize SSL Connection response error:  There was an error with the request:javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx not verified:
    certificate: certhashhere
    DN: CN=domainName
    subjectAltNames: []

[recaisinekli]

The problem is related to the IP address. You need to create a certificate with SubjectAltName (SAN) as described here if you are not using host name to send a request. You have to write the IP address as an alt_name. Otherwise you get a "Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx not verified" error.