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open-uril ECONNREFUSED problem

Cyrus Ghalambor

12/1/2006 1:05:00 AM

I'm working on a simple scraping tool and the open() method has suddenly
stopped working! This 2 line program fails with a ECONNREFUSED exception
in open-uri:

require "open-uri"
open("http://www.yahoo...)

from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:134:in `open_uri'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:424:in `open'
from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:85:in `open'
from /Users/cyrus/Desktop/test.rb:3

/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:41:in `initialize'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:83:in `new'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:83:in `connect'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:82:in `timeout'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:55:in `timeout'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:82:in `connect'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:64:in `initialize'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:430:in `open'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:430:in `do_start'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:419:in `start'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:324:in `start'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:544:in `proxy_open'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:525:in `direct_open'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:169:in `open_loop'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:164:in `catch'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:164:in `open_loop'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:134:in `open_uri'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:424:in `open'
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:85:in `open'
/Users/cyrus/Desktop/test.rb:3

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11 Answers

Chris Pearl

12/1/2006 1:19:00 AM

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WFM.

Appearantly the Yahoo server is refusing connections from your
development box (maybe too much testing on your part? ;-)

On 12/1/06, Cyrus Ghalambor <cyrusg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm working on a simple scraping tool and the open() method has suddenly
> stopped working! This 2 line program fails with a ECONNREFUSED exception
> in open-uri:
>
> require "open-uri"
> open("http://www.yahoo...)
>
> from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:134:in `open_uri'
> from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:424:in `open'
> from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:85:in `open'
> from /Users/cyrus/Desktop/test.rb:3
>
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:41:in `initialize'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:83:in `new'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:83:in `connect'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:82:in `timeout'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:55:in `timeout'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:82:in `connect'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:64:in `initialize'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:430:in `open'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:430:in `do_start'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:419:in `start'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:324:in `start'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:544:in `proxy_open'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:525:in `direct_open'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:169:in `open_loop'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:164:in `catch'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:164:in `open_loop'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:134:in `open_uri'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:424:in `open'
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb:85:in `open'
> /Users/cyrus/Desktop/test.rb:3
>
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Cyrus Ghalambor

12/1/2006 1:45:00 AM

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I've tried different URLs from different locations. Do you think setting
some header information would get around this problem?


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Cyrus Ghalambor

12/1/2006 1:58:00 AM

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The following still has the same problem:

open("http://www.google..., "User-Agent" => "Mozilla/4.0")

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Eric Hodel

12/1/2006 1:59:00 AM

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On Nov 30, 2006, at 1705 , Cyrus Ghalambor wrote:
> I'm working on a simple scraping tool and the open() method has
> suddenly
> stopped working! This 2 line program fails with a ECONNREFUSED
> exception
> in open-uri:
>
> require "open-uri"
> open("http://www.yahoo...)

Are you behind a proxy?

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Paul Lutus

12/1/2006 2:16:00 AM

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Cyrus Ghalambor wrote:

> The following still has the same problem:
>
> open("http://www.google..., "User-Agent" => "Mozilla/4.0")

Have you tried rebooting your computer? Has a similar connection attempt
worked before today? Have you reconfigured your network recently? Have you
tried pinging the site by IP and by name in a console?

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Ara.T.Howard

12/1/2006 2:24:00 AM

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Cyrus Ghalambor

12/1/2006 2:01:00 PM

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Hi everyone,

Thanks for responding to this post. Here's a recap of what's going on:

I had no problems with the open() call for almost two days, but then
suddenly it stopped working. I have no problems with my internet
connection and the site I want to reach is definitely up. I've tried
this test from three difeerent locations with the same result.

Regarding Eric Hodel's question, I'm not sure if I am behind a proxy (or
firewall for that matter). How can I find out?

Also, are there other ways of testing something like this in Ruby? Will
it help to upgrade to 1.8.5?

Thanks again.


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Eric Hodel

12/1/2006 10:44:00 PM

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On Dec 1, 2006, at 06:00 , Cyrus Ghalambor wrote:
> Thanks for responding to this post. Here's a recap of what's going on:
>
> I had no problems with the open() call for almost two days, but then
> suddenly it stopped working. I have no problems with my internet
> connection and the site I want to reach is definitely up. I've tried
> this test from three difeerent locations with the same result.

So what changed when it stopped working?

> Regarding Eric Hodel's question, I'm not sure if I am behind a
> proxy (or
> firewall for that matter). How can I find out?

If you're at work, you might be behind a proxy. Check your browser
settings for proxy configuration. If you're at home, unlikely.

> Also, are there other ways of testing something like this in Ruby?
> Will
> it help to upgrade to 1.8.5?

Unlikely.

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Ceol

12/1/2006 11:53:00 PM

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> I have no problems with my internet
> connection and the site I want to reach is definitely up.

When you're looking at problems like this, make sure you're using fairly
simple tools. Don't use browsers, for one thing; something like

telnet the.destination.system.com 80

to talk straight to the right port on the destination system is a better
choice than a browser since you know telnet won't play games with things
like proxies and caches.

> Regarding Eric Hodel's question, I'm not sure if I am behind a proxy
> (or firewall for that matter). How can I find out?

This is the bit that makes me suspicious; if you don't know how to find out
whether or not you're behind a proxy of some sort, what did you do to figure
out that the site you want to reach is "definitely up?"

If you're just testing that you can connect to the remote site by hitting
refresh on a browser, there are possible things between you and the target
that could give you misleading symptoms.

- James Moore

Cyrus Ghalambor

12/1/2006 11:58:00 PM

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Thanks James. Actually, I've opened another topic called "Komodo issue"
and I'd appreciate it if you could take a look there. Essentially, I can
make the http connection from within a Terminal session (on my Mac OS X
10.4.6) using the Ruby interpreter. All the tests described above were
being run from within Komodo...


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