HTTP response code 403 error

[pratibha14]

Hi..

I want the source code of a web page. So, I wrote following code:

URL u = new URL("

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=camera&meta=");

URLConnection uc = u.openConnection();
uc.connect();
InputStream in = uc.getInputStream();

But it returns this error
"java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=camera&meta="

If i change URL from google search to yahoo search or MSN search.... "

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=camera&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8",

then it works without any error.

Can anyone tell me how to resolve it?

Thanks

 

[prosper]

I think this way of reading home page cannot undergo page redirect. Therefore, this way can get page without being redirect.

 

[sedj]

HTTP status 403 means that the server has understood the request, but refuses to fulfill it.

I expect this is because the agent header is not set to mimic a "normal browser", so google refuses on grounds that its probably some programme attempting to harvest information (which would be correct !).

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