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Gmail error: "Invalid gadget specification"

pinku.surana says:

I'm trying to load the rmilk gmail gadget. I've enabled it in Labs and supplied the following url in Gadgets: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/modules/gmail/rtm.xml.

When I click add, I get the following error:
"Invalid gadget specification. Ensure URL is correct and the gadget does not contain errors."

I've tried this in Firefox, Chrome and IE (on XP and Vista). I've cleared my cache and reloaded GMail. Any ideas?

Posted at 3:37pm on May 28, 2009

theberge43 says:

Yes ... me too.
It used to work [like yesterday] but today it stopped working.

While we wait for an answer, you can use this one :
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/modules/googleig/rtm.xml

Posted 2 years ago

aremach says:

I've got the same problem, but also with the second link posted by theberge43

Posted 2 years ago

andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:

Sorry you are having trouble. Do either of you use HTTPS for your Gmail? If so, you could run into some conflicts; we have a solution posted.

If not, could you possibly try disabling other Labs features to see if one is conflicting?

Posted 2 years ago

jamiemoffat Pro says:

yep, it's happened to me today too

Posted 2 years ago

huber.dieter says:

@andrewski: Thx a lot! Adding the https-URL has solved my issue!

Now RTM is working in gmail again! :-)

Best regards
Dieter

Posted 2 years ago

andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:

Excellent Dieter, glad that helped. :)

This seems to be a temporary problem with the way Gmail has been loading the gadget; we'll keep you posted of any updates, but for now the HTTPS gadget URL is the best workaround.

Posted 2 years ago

pinku.surana says:

@andrewski: Thanks for the tip. I've turned off all Labs features except offline email, still fails. I tried running with http and https, still failed. However, I tried with https and the new link you provided and it works. So there's some problem with the http rmilk link.

But it works for now. Thanks.

Posted 2 years ago

andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:

I'm glad that works. We have some information on our status blog now too. (And we'll keep that updated as anything develops!)

Posted 2 years ago

bleivian says:

If you don't want https for some reason, try removing the www from the gadget url:
http://rememberthemilk.com/services/modules/gmail/rtm.xml

Posted 2 years ago

nishant.kapoor Pro says:

i had the same problem, but this (https://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/modules/gmail/rtm_https.xml) works!

Posted 2 years ago

leevanlog says:

Wow - thanks for the help!

Posted 2 years ago

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