Server returned HTTP response code: 505 for URL

Question

I'm getting "Server returned HTTP response code: 505 for URL" for the below code:

                URL url = new URL(fileLocations.get(i));
                URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
                InputStream in = conn.getInputStream();

While the URL works fine when opened in browser. Also tried encoding the url, that too didn't work.

URL is : http://52.66.123.140:8080/TATADHPFILES/1239/TDH Items/149387773752120170504_113201.jpg

What may be the cause?

Maybe this will help you : https://dzone.com/articles/solr-tomcat-and-http11-505 — ema, May 26 '17 at 11:31
@MohammedsalimShivani The URL in the question is a two liner — Jens, May 26 '17 at 11:35
possible dupplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3625659/java-io-ioexception-server-returns-http-response-code-505? — Jens, May 26 '17 at 11:36
@Jens yes, i used the whole url [http://52.66.123.140:8080/TATADHPFILES/1239/TDH/Items/149387773752120170504_113201.jpg](http://52.66.123.140:8080/TATADHPFILES/1239/TDH/Items/149387773752120170504_113201.jpg) — Mohammedsalim Shivani, May 26 '17 at 11:37
The URL is on two lines "/TATADHPFILES/1239/TDH Items/149387773752120170504_113201.jpg". There is a space between "TDH Items" — chocksaway, May 26 '17 at 12:23

chocksaway · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-26T12:18:54.927

The 505 error is "HTTP Error 505 HTTP version not supported" (which may be related to "java.net. URISyntaxException : Malformed IPv6 address").

I resolved your issue by encoding (the URL), and wrapping in a URI:

public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
    URI uri = new URI(
            "http",
            "52.66.123.140:8080",
            "/TATADHPFILES/1239/TDH Items/149387773752120170504_113201.jpg",
            "Implementation", "Java");
    URL url = uri.toURL();

    try {
        BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(url);

        // --- your original code will also now work ---
        URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
        InputStream in = conn.getInputStream();
        // ---------------------------------------

        System.out.println("tester");
    } catch (IOException e) {
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }
}

I was able to set a breakpoint (using Intellij) on System.out.println("tester"); - and was able to view the img variable (displaying the "correct" image).

Your original code will also work.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 26 '17 at 11:34

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I think the root cause of the issue is that you encodes whole string instead of encoding only params :

 String urlString = "someurl?param1=" + URLEncoder.encode(first, "UTF-8") + "&param2=" + URLEncoder.encode(second, "UTF-8") ;

answered May 26 '17 at 11:34

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Where do ypu see URL Encoding in op's example – Jens May 26 '17 at 11:34
So maybe you have some spaces in your URL, use trim() – ema May 26 '17 at 11:39

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 26 '17 at 11:45

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Encode your url with URLEncoder

URL url = new URL(fileLocations.get(i));
String encodedURL=java.net.URLEncoder.encode(url,"UTF-8");
System.out.println(encodedURL);

edited May 26 '17 at 11:45

Jens

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answered May 26 '17 at 11:43

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Server returned HTTP response code: 505 for URL

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