ILLEGALSTATEEXCEPTION : Target host must not be null

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I have tried multiple solutions here but none seem to work. I am getting error at String imageJsonStr = sh2.makeServiceCall(imgUrl[i], ServiceHandler.GET); There are no special characters in string and variable imageId is a string containing only numbers like '98546214265231'

                             imgUrl[i] = "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/"
                                        + imageId
                                        + "?access_token="
                                        + static_token;                                                 
                                try {

                                    try {
                                        imgUrl[i] = URLEncoder.encode(imgUrl[i],"UTF-8");
                                    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                                        e.printStackTrace();
                                    }
                                    String imageJsonStr = sh2.makeServiceCall(
                                            imgUrl[i], ServiceHandler.GET);

log the value of imgUrl[i] after encoding it using URIEncoder .. — Dinesh Kannan, Mar 25 '15 at 05:24
https%3A%2F%2Fgraph.facebook.com%2Fv2.2%2F%5BLjava.lang.String%3B%4042477c08%3Faccess_token%3DCAAK43Qt9dQUBAF0ZC3LYE828xyaaQgTccYYpWBmO7sqcsll4S3lhnVdBH0JrV30qPjjLWPwy0lPR0ZAt8Tsl5se0OGWWQejybyEWZCmPXJdjBhorBNWAudWXEZAuVaQnrpMkmcZAGsGO31aIHZA8SttfEkEi4rntmIweZBluWJ2ZAHi40tqiiXZCp*********************************************** — Harshil Pansare, Mar 25 '15 at 05:34
so u have to encode only your url parameters..the whole uri could not be encoded.. — Dinesh Kannan, Mar 25 '15 at 05:36
I can also do it manually right? like this ?"access_token%33DCAAK43Qt9dQUBAF0ZC3LYE***..." — Harshil Pansare, Mar 25 '15 at 05:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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Java URL encoding of query string parameters refer this.. you need not encode the entire url .. encode only the parmaters

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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answered Mar 25 '15 at 05:27

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do i need to encode Url even if there are no special characters after '?' ? – Harshil Pansare Mar 25 '15 at 05:35
if there is no special characters then no need to encode..special chars includes spaces also..parameter encoding will be safe.. – Dinesh Kannan Mar 25 '15 at 05:37
I removed `URLEncoder`. I am getting "Illegal character in path at " starting of `imageId` .My `imageId` is a string containg all numbers – Harshil Pansare Mar 25 '15 at 05:43
if your accesstoken doesn't have any spaces try this. don't do any encoding stuffs – Dinesh Kannan Mar 25 '15 at 05:50
yes removing URLEncoder solved that problem. can you please tell me why am I getting "Illegal character in path" ? – Harshil Pansare Mar 25 '15 at 05:58

ILLEGALSTATEEXCEPTION : Target host must not be null

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