# HTTP Request against HTTP Server not working
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811
**Category:** General
**Created:** [30 May 2023 09:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811 "2023-05-30T09:59:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Philipp83](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Philipp83)
#### Post date: [30 May 2023 09:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/1 "2023-05-30T09:59:05Z")
I didn't get the HTTP request node to make a simple get request with no authentication or anything special.
The following flow makes a get call to "[http://captive.apple.com/](http://captive.apple.com/)", a simple HTTP test site from Apple.
I tried it for several hours now with different headers and settings.
I also used the same headers as postman (no problem within postman) does, but no success.
Hope someone has an idea.
Here is the example flow:
```auto
[
{
"id": "80668f010bfcf02e",
"type": "tab",
"label": "test",
"disabled": false,
"info": "",
"env": []
},
{
"id": "e5dbbed115bbe75d",
"type": "inject",
"z": "80668f010bfcf02e",
"name": "",
"props": [],
"repeat": "",
"crontab": "",
"once": false,
"onceDelay": 0.1,
"topic": "",
"x": 290,
"y": 380,
"wires": [
[
"afecbbee2ece7590"
]
]
},
{
"id": "3cf81ad95bfda998",
"type": "debug",
"z": "80668f010bfcf02e",
"name": "HTTP Only Site",
"active": true,
"tosidebar": true,
"console": false,
"tostatus": false,
"complete": "true",
"targetType": "full",
"statusVal": "",
"statusType": "auto",
"x": 720,
"y": 380,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "afecbbee2ece7590",
"type": "http request",
"z": "80668f010bfcf02e",
"name": "HTTP Only Site",
"method": "GET",
"ret": "txt",
"paytoqs": "ignore",
"url": "http://captive.apple.com/",
"tls": "",
"persist": false,
"proxy": "",
"insecureHTTPParser": false,
"authType": "",
"senderr": false,
"headers": [],
"x": 500,
"y": 380,
"wires": [
[
"3cf81ad95bfda998"
]
]
}
]
```
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [30 May 2023 11:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/2 "2023-05-30T11:09:42Z")
your flow works fine for me:
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### Author:  [@Philipp83](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Philipp83)
#### Post date: [30 May 2023 11:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/3 "2023-05-30T11:25:39Z")
Could this be a proxy problem? I'm behind a proxy from my employer.
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### Author:  [@wooferguy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wooferguy)
#### Post date: [30 May 2023 12:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/4 "2023-05-30T12:16:11Z")
Maybe a firewall problem. Is Node-red installed in the same environment as Postman, or does it exist somewhere different in your employer's network?
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### Author:  [@Philipp83](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Philipp83)
#### Post date: [30 May 2023 12:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/5 "2023-05-30T12:19:34Z")
It's both installed locally on my machine.
I can execute the proposed GET Powershell command from postman without any problem...
very strange...
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### Author:  [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)
#### Post date: [30 May 2023 15:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/6 "2023-05-30T15:02:23Z")
What is the response or error coming from the http node.
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### Author:  [@Philipp83](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Philipp83)
#### Post date: [31 May 2023 06:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/7 "2023-05-31T06:19:33Z")
The return value is:
```auto
{"_msgid":"c7571b75f15e27e8","payload":"RequestError: Bad response: 403 : http://captive.apple.com/","statusCode":"ERR_GOT_REQUEST_ERROR"}
```
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### Author:  [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)
#### Post date: [31 May 2023 08:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/8 "2023-05-31T08:47:16Z")
Can you do a curl on the commandline on the same host ?
```auto
curl -kvvv "http://captive.apple.com/"
```
You mentioned that you are sitting behind a proxy, did you try to configure the proxy option in the http request node ?
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### Author:  [@Philipp83](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Philipp83)
#### Post date: [31 May 2023 09:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/9 "2023-05-31T09:48:24Z")
The result of the curl command:
```auto
C:\Users\XXXXX>curl -kvvv "http://captive.apple.com/"
* Trying 17.253.57.204:80...
* connect to 17.253.57.204 port 80 failed: Timed out
* Trying 17.253.57.207:80...
* connect to 17.253.57.207 port 80 failed: Timed out
* Failed to connect to captive.apple.com port 80 after 43109 ms: Couldn't connect to server
* Closing connection 0
curl: (28) Failed to connect to captive.apple.com port 80 after 43109 ms: Couldn't connect to server
```
I also tried to configure the proxy in both, the node red itself & the http request node.
The proxy configuration seems valid, because I am able to download and install plugins.
But I got the same error message for my http request:
```auto
{"_msgid":"7e7928fa85ed7190","payload":"RequestError: Bad response: 403 : http://captive.apple.com/","statusCode":"ERR_GOT_REQUEST_ERROR"}
```
It's curious. All applications go through the same proxy. Browser works, Postman works, Powershell works, Curl form CMD doesnt work...
Powershell test, I use:
```auto
(Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri 'http://captive.apple.com').Content
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [30 July 2023 09:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-against-http-server-not-working/78811/10 "2023-07-30T09:48:54Z")
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