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**rsimmonds01**

I'm interested in trying my hand at a bot, but I've kind of stumbled at the first hurdle. I've grabbed a copy of the example bot, not changed a thing, compiled it, ran it with the right arguments (username then apitoken) but get a 401 error (well, an IOException because of it) every time.

What am I doing wrong? I've tried creating a new apitoken, checked the username is correct. When I debug I can see it's calling Eliza.httpRequest with the right URL (http://test.weewar.com/api1/headquarters), right username and right password.

If you fancy trying to replicate it, my bot-to-be's username is ai_RichBot and the current apitoken is RrjyTTuj8QmSEa3QJUHz5Cyu9 . Any help would be appreciated!

java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://test.weewar.com/api1/headquarters
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$6.run(HttpURLConnection.java:1296)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getChainedException(HttpURLConnection.java:1290)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:944)
at Eliza.httpRequest(Eliza.java:57)
at Eliza.headquarterGames(Eliza.java:80)
at WeirdoBot.run(WeirdoBot.java:71)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

**rsimmonds01**

Ok now this is odd!

Looking at the source for java.net.URLConnection, it turns out every single getHeaderField method does nothing - they just immediately return null or an empty collection. What gives? And why does the example bot bother using it?

**spadequack** · This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 10/04/2009 00:16:46

Try using weewar.com instead of test.weewar.com, unless that was your intention. Not sure if that would fix it, but it might help.

**Tygerdave**

Spade's right I just hit the link and used your bot name and token and could not log in, when i removed the 'test.' i was ab;e to log in without any problems

**rsimmonds01**

Fantastic guys, thanks!

It's test.weewar.com that's default in the code, but I don't have an account there.

Still, bit weird that sun's java api has unimplemented methods...

09/04/2009 23:21:05 Novice API connection question
rsimmonds01 Trooper Offline	I'm interested in trying my hand at a bot, but I've kind of stumbled at the first hurdle. I've grabbed a copy of the example bot, not changed a thing, compiled it, ran it with the right arguments (username then apitoken) but get a 401 error (well, an IOException because of it) every time. What am I doing wrong? I've tried creating a new apitoken, checked the username is correct. When I debug I can see it's calling Eliza.httpRequest with the right URL (http://test.weewar.com/api1/headquarters), right username and right password. If you fancy trying to replicate it, my bot-to-be's username is ai_RichBot and the current apitoken is RrjyTTuj8QmSEa3QJUHz5Cyu9 . Any help would be appreciated! java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://test.weewar.com/api1/headquarters at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$6.run(HttpURLConnection.java:1296) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getChainedException(HttpURLConnection.java:1290) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:944) at Eliza.httpRequest(Eliza.java:57) at Eliza.headquarterGames(Eliza.java:80) at WeirdoBot.run(WeirdoBot.java:71) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
09/04/2009 23:42:54 Re:Novice API connection question
rsimmonds01 Trooper Offline	Ok now this is odd! Looking at the source for java.net.URLConnection, it turns out every single getHeaderField method does nothing - they just immediately return null or an empty collection. What gives? And why does the example bot bother using it?
10/04/2009 00:15:20 Re:Novice API connection question
spadequack Heavy Tank Offline	Try using weewar.com instead of test.weewar.com, unless that was your intention. Not sure if that would fix it, but it might help. This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 10/04/2009 00:16:46
10/04/2009 05:32:36 Re:Novice API connection question
Tygerdave Tank Offline	Spade's right I just hit the link and used your bot name and token and could not log in, when i removed the 'test.' i was ab;e to log in without any problems
10/04/2009 10:10:52 Re:Novice API connection question
rsimmonds01 Trooper Offline	Fantastic guys, thanks! It's test.weewar.com that's default in the code, but I don't have an account there. Still, bit weird that sun's java api has unimplemented methods...