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

From:

Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:06:22 -0700

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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.