# Getting http\_request\_failure error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-http-request-failure-error/71057>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 10, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-http-request-failure-error/71057 "2017-01-10T10:21:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![priti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/priti/32/13828_2.png) [@priti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/priti)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-http-request-failure-error/71057/1 "2017-01-10T10:21:26Z")

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I am trying to get status of the url but i am getting  
{  
"@version" =\> "1",  
"@timestamp" =\> "2017-01-10T10:19:47.157Z",  
"http\_poller\_metadata" =\> {  
"name" =\> "Server1",  
"host" =\> "localhost",  
"request" =\> {  
"method" =\> "get",  
"url" =\> "someUrl"  
},  
"runtime\_seconds" =\> nil  
},  
"tags" =\> [  
[0] "\_http\_request\_failure"  
],  
"http\_request\_failure" =\> {  
"request" =\> {  
"method" =\> "get",  
"url" =\> "Someurl"  
},  
"name" =\> "Server1",  
"error" =\> "connect timed out",  
"backtrace" =\> nil,  
"runtime\_seconds" =\> 10.017  
}  
}

Input File :  
input {  
http\_poller {  
urls =\> {  
Server1 =\> "someURL"  
}  
request\_timeout =\> 90  
interval =\> 80  
#connect\_timeout =\> 30  
automatic\_retries =\> 2  
ssl\_certificate\_validation =\> false  
codec =\> "json"  
metadata\_target =\> "http\_poller\_metadata"  
tags =\> website\_healthcheck  
}  
}  
filter{  
}  
output {  
stdout{  
codec =\> rubydebug  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-http-request-failure-error/71057/2 "2017-01-12T05:53:56Z")

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> [@priti](#):
>
> "error" =\> "connect timed out",

That looks like the problem.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-http-request-failure-error/71057/3 "2017-02-09T05:53:57Z")

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