Connect to any external URL results in 403 forbidden

[dvsreeveena]

Hi,
I am trying to call an external application (E) from my seam application (S). I see a 403 forbidden error. .

Below is some more detail on what I am trying to do:
- Using HttpURLConnection with the URL of (E) to open connection and read response
- (S) is on WebLogic 9.2 app server

I tried connecting to (E) using a standalone application and I am able to successfully connect.

We have other perl based apps that can successfully connect to (E). So it does not look like a proxy issue.

I would appreciate any pointers on this issue.

Thanks,
Sree

[kukeltje.ronald.jbpm.org]

first pointer: Look in the (error)logging of your server that is running E. It will provide most information. Look at the differences in connecting from seam and the 2 other apps.

[bclevelandsview]

This is often caused by a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError which is a Throwable, not an Exception.  If your code doesn't catch Throwable then Seam will generate a 403 when it catches the Throwable itself.

Just log the caught exception and you should clearly see what you're missing.