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AmazingDayToday
AmazingDayToday

Reputation: 4282

Google Script: Request failed for https://www... returned code 416. Truncated server

This is my code:

function myFunction() {
    var test = DocumentApp.openById('someid');
    test.clear();

    var html = UrlFetchApp.fetch('https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/google').getContentText();
    test.appendParagraph(html);
}

Request failed for https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/google returned code 416. Truncated server

How to fix this? When I set the website as www.google.com it works, but fails when I set to https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/google.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1919

Answers (1)

Harold
Harold

Reputation: 3337

that's because crunchbase.com do not allow robot to crawl their site. To avoid the error in your script you need to add muteHttpExceptionsparameter to your urlfetch request: 

  var params = {muteHttpExceptions:true};
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch('https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/google',params);
  var html = response.getContentText();
  test.appendParagraph(html);

then you'll be able to see the response :

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Pardon Our Interruption...

As you were browsing http://www.crunchbase.com something about your browser made us think you were a bot. There are a few reasons this might happen:

  • You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed.
  • You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser.
  • A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Additional information is available in this http://ds.tl/help-third-party-plugins' target='_blank'>support article.

To request an unblock, please fill out the form below and we will review it as soon as possible. 

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Request Unblock You reached this page when attempting to access http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/google from 107.178.192.142 on 2016-08-31 07:38:18 GMT.
Trace: E2A843FA-6F4D-11E6-B2D7-9FC6DA1DE14E via c17ee8fd-4346-4832-a021-e5f8124f2861

Upvotes: 2

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