why my code is returning 403 forbidden acess
http, http-status-code-403, java
Solution
Google Search will deny your request if you are doing it outside of their API and Terms of Service.
$ wget http://www.google.com/search?q=vamsi
Resolving www.google.com (www.google.com)... 74.125.225.212, 74.125.225.210, 74.125.225.211, ...
Connecting to www.google.com (www.google.com)|74.125.225.212|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2014-02-01 23:21:08 ERROR 403: Forbidden.
They may be looking at your `User-Agent` header. If you add one that resembles a browser, it may work, though you are circumventing the Terms of Service and seeking unsupported behavior. (Sorry, I too tried this once.)
See also Why does Google Search return HTTP Error 403?
FYI, this is a common restriction of major search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo). There are some that you can query programatically; you will have to use those.
Problem
I am trying to make a http get request using java ,when i am executing the code ,i am getting `403 forbidden`code .Is there any way to get rid of that ?my code is ``` import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.net.*; public class Http { private final String USER_AGENT = "Mozilla/5.0"; public static void main(String [] args){ Http http=new Http(); try { http.get(); } catch (Exception e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } private void get() throws Exception{ URL ob=new URL("http://www.google.com/search?q=vamsi"); HttpURLConnection con=(HttpURLConnection) ob.openConnection(); con.setRequestMethod("GET"); con.setRequestProperty("USER_AGENT", USER_AGENT); int responseCode=con.getResponseCode(); System.out.println("Response code is "+responseCode); BufferedReader buf=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())); String input; StringBuffer response =new StringBuffer(); while((input=buf.readLine())!=null){ response.append(input); } buf.close(); System.out.println(response.toString()); } } ```