7stud -- wrote:
> 7stud -- wrote:
>> The first thing I would do is try to get a response from the server 
>> without all the variables in your request string.  To begin with, you 
>> need a valid API key and a valid session key.  Then you can try 
>> something like this:
>>
> 
> I lied.  That's not the first thing I would try.  The first thing I 
> would try is posting your url into your browser's address bar to see if 
> you get a response.

If that didn't work, then I would start looking for the specs on valid 
host names.

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Restrictions on valid host names

Hostnames are composed of series of labels concatenated with dots, as 
are all domain names[1]. For example, "en.wikipedia.org" is a hostname. 
Each label must be between 1 and 63 characters long, and the entire 
hostname has a maximum of 255 characters.

RFCs mandate that a hostname's labels may contain only the ASCII letters 
'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive), the digits '0' through '9', and the 
hyphen. Hostname labels cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other 
symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted.
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