Java - Jsoup HTTP error fetching URL. Status=405

Question

I'm trying to connect and retrieve the page title from here. The code works fine if I remove everything after ".com" from the link. The following code does not work:

try {
    Document doc = Jsoup.connect("https://news.google.com/news/local/section/geo/Sammamish,%20WA%2098075,%20United%20States/Sammamish,%20Washington?ned=us&hl=en")
        .data("query", "Java")
        .userAgent("Chrome")
        .cookie("auth", "token")
        .timeout(3000)
        .post();
    String title = doc.title();
    Log.d("hellomate", title);
}
catch (IOException e) {
    Log.d("hellomatee", e.toString());
}

If the code worked, the title returned should be "Sammamish Washington - Google News". The error returned from the code is: "org.jsoup.HttpStatusException: HTTP error fetching URL. Status=405, URL=https://news.google.com/news/local/section/geo/Sammamish,%20WA%2098075,%20United%20States/Sammamish,%20Washington?ned=us&hl=en"

What does status 405 mean? Does Jsoup not allow the kind of url I used?

Thanks.

Check this q: google.de/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://… — Thomas
– Thomas, Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 19:49
405 is "Method Not allowed" that means your POST is not allowed for this resource(URL). Try .get() if you only want to Receive something — Andreas
– Andreas, Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 19:49

zoecarver · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-08 19:57:39Z

0

Status 405 is an http error code that means "Method Not allowed". You can find some documentation from microsoft on it here. As @Andreas said, you can fix this by changing .post(); to .get();.

If you look at the jsoup docs under example, it shows you how you would probably want to structure your requests:

Jsoup.connect("http://en.wikipedia.org/").get();

edited Aug 8, 2017 at 19:57

answered Aug 8, 2017 at 19:52

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MJL Over a year ago

Why do some urls work with post and others only with get? Is there a way to get the headers of the page without using post?

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