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Re: Trying to connect to an https://domain.com URL via Java and failing to do so

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On 5/7/12 1:28 PM, Rob wrote:
> Can anyone help me understand why this is not working:
>
> Here is the important part. When compiled and run:
> String Urlx="https://domain.com"  // valid URL that comes up fine in a
> web browser
> System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs",
> "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");
> Security.addProvider(new com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider());
> URL url = new URL(Urlx);
> in = url.openStream();        //  Currently An IoException is thrown
>       :
>
> It appears  an IoException is thrown: java.io.IOException: Server
> returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: https://domain.com
>
> Does anyone know why this might be happening and what if anything is
> missing? e.g missing .jar file?  A different way to accomplish this in
> Java JDK?
>

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=http+403

It means the server doesn't like something about your request. Many 
websites don't allow Java's default User-Agent, for many reasons. 
Likely you are (perhaps unintentionally) violating the ToS of the site 
you're attempting to connect to.

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Trying to connect to an https://domain.com  URL via Java and failing to do so Rob <rss245@gmail.com> - 2012-05-07 13:28 -0700
  Re: Trying to connect to an https://domain.com  URL via Java and failing to do so Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-05-07 14:06 -0700
  Re: Trying to connect to an https://domain.com  URL via Java and failing to do so Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-05-07 18:12 -0400
  Re: Trying to connect to an https://domain.com  URL via Java and failing to do so Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-07 20:09 -0700

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