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Posted: **Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:21 pm**

I'm a newbie with groovy and java.

When getting a URL

Code:: String videohtml = new URL(videoUrl).getText()

I can first test to ensure it exists and avoid 404 errors using this code

Code:: Boolean URLExists(URL fileURL){ if(((HttpURLConnection) fileURL.openConnection()).getResponseCode() == 404){ return false } return true }

But how do I avoid or catch 500 errors like this

Code:: Caught: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect at HaHaSport.extractItems(HaHaSport.groovytest.txt:190) at HaHaSport$extractItems.call(Unknown Source) at HaHaSport.main(HaHaSport.groovytest.txt:1320)

I'd like to catch them and retry rather than get an exception.

Posted: **Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:15 pm**

you can just wrap the code in try - catch block (http://groovy.codehaus.org/JN3035-Exceptions) and catch the timeout exception.

Not sure if re-try os the way to go though, depends if there is a chance it'll work the second time around, otherwise it'll take ages to add the items

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URL Errors - 404 Unknown & 500 Timeout

URL Errors - 404 Unknown & 500 Timeout

Re: URL Errors - 404 Unknown & 500 Timeout