# HTTP Retriever failing with a specific URL

**URL:** <https://forum.knime.com/t/http-retriever-failing-with-a-specific-url/31306>\
**Category:** Community Extensions\
**Tags:** palladian-selenium\
**Created:** [March 10, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/http-retriever-failing-with-a-specific-url/31306 "2021-03-10T12:14:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![sebversailles](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@sebversailles](https://forum.knime.com/u/sebversailles)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/http-retriever-failing-with-a-specific-url/31306/1 "2021-03-10T12:14:27Z")

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Hello,

When requesting the url “[https://www.iciparisxl.nl](https://www.iciparisxl.nl)” with the “HTTP Retriever” node, I get an exception:

> Error retrieving [https://www.iciparisxl.nl](https://www.iciparisxl.nl): Exception java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out for URL “[https://www.iciparisxl.nl](https://www.iciparisxl.nl)”: Read timed out

However, it works with the “Webpage Retriever” node.

Please find hereby an example workflow.  
[iciparis.knwf](https://forum.knime.com/uploads/short-url/rFOQbovDlUOH3OD6QGCiljNfObU.knwf) (10.7 KB)

Best regards,  
Sébastien

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**Author:** ![qqilihq](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/qqilihq/32/50_2.png) [@qqilihq](https://forum.knime.com/u/qqilihq)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/http-retriever-failing-with-a-specific-url/31306/2 "2021-03-10T12:55:29Z")

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Hi Sébastien,

I just tried running your workflow, and actually both nodes fail for me. Also it fails when doing a plain `curl` on the command line or requesting it with a REST tool. In contrast to that, it’ll load fine in a normal web browser. I assume they have some measures in place for detecting bots.

Have you tried if switching the user agent string makes any difference?

–Philipp

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/uploads/default/original/1X/ab3ccf34482a0329361734a18199390177204f15.png) [@system](https://forum.knime.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/http-retriever-failing-with-a-specific-url/31306/3 "2023-04-21T21:38:13Z")

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