Uddeim API Access Using Cron

the value in configuration.php is:

var $live_site = '';

we were advised by the CB team to leave this variable empty: ( www.joomlapolis.com/forum/153-profession...site-variable#177543 ).

Is this the configuration you are referring to or some other configuration? Given this is empty, do you still feel your suggestion will work?

The link does not work.

Can you check if it works with JURI::root when $live_site is set and when it does not work, if it works with my modification above and the variable set.

I do not see any reason not to set this variable since how should Joomla get the site url when the script is not started by the web server but by a cron job or manually?

I have some sites running and always the variable set without any problems. Nevertheless I have only experiences with smaller sites so CB teams' recommendation might be necessary for complex sites.

We tested with the live_site variable set to the domain and the message works properly without the modification you suggested. Here is the link to the previous discussion of the live_site variable with Krileon when we were having trouble with it:

www.joomlapolis.com/forum/153-professional-member-support/177543-livesite-variable#177572

He said:

Never set $live_site unless URL guessing is failing in Joomla (nearly all cases it does not). The $live_site forces the Joomla API to output that exact URL. This means if an extension uses the API and you're on an HTTPS page, but you specified HTTP then it will use HTTP as it's what you specified. CB will not ignore the API and force a scheme (we use JURI::base() for J1.5 and greater).

We don't really want to try second-guessing the CB team, so is there any way to get the message to work without setting the live_site variable. As I mentioned before the _site_ variable does seem to work - can we use that instead of live_site? Any downside to this?

URL guessing will fail when called from a cron job, so I see no other way except using $live_site.

Do you mean that the _site_ variable relies on URL guessing and for that reason it cannot be used?

$live_site will be used when set. In your case URL guessing does not work when you call the framework usign a cron job. So why not using $live_site?