download website source code problem

[ahmakki]

hey,
i am trying to download source code of a webpage but for some webpages i have this error :

Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: xxxxxx at sun.net.http://www.protocol.http.HttpURLConn...tion.java:1441)
at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1010)
at WebsiteReader.read(WebsiteReader.java:7)
at WebsiteReader.main(WebsiteReader.java:13)

and this is my code
:
import java.io.*;
import java.net.URL;
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.
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public static BufferedReader read(String url) throws Exception{
return new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(
new URL(url).openStream()));}

public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception{
BufferedReader reader = read("http://www........");
String line = reader.readLine();
.
.
.

any help please .

[Tolls]

Have you tried to enter that URL into your browser?

A 403 is a Forbidden error.

[ahmakki]

yes i entered the url and it works fine and i was able to see the source code in the browser firefox , i was reading on the internet i think there is a proxy problem and i am not familiar with the proxies !!!

[Tolls]

Do you know what traffic is going on when you make the request from your browser?
I'd look at that if I were you.

[ahmakki]

i know this is maybe a stupid question but how can i do that and how can that help me ! thanks for your patience .

[Tolls]

Sorry, should have thought of that!

I use Firebug for Firefox, which has a Console window in which all the calls to the server, and the response, are logged. I suspect there's something similar for whatever browser you're using.

This may not be your problem, but at least you'll be able to see if anything else is happening.

[ahmakki]

i will check it out on firebug but in all the forms about this error they talk about proxy ! do u think it may be the problem that the url i am tryin to use is using a proxy