WebRequest - Error when hitting a local url

[gr101]

Hi,

I"m trying to fetch a local url on my machine (http://localhost:52957). The code below is from the following url (https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/common/webrequest).

I am able to browse to http://localhost:52957 with a web browser.

I keep getting the following error:

5200

ERR_WEBREQUEST_INVALID_ADDRESS

Invalid URL

I have added that url above (the localhost one) to the allowed WebRequest pages.

Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks

Code:

string cookie=NULL,headers;

   char post[],result[];
   int res;
//--- to enable access to the server, you should add URL "https://www.google.com/finance"
//--- in the list of allowed URLs (Main Menu->Tools->Options, tab "Expert Advisors"):
   string google_url= "http://localhost:52957"; // "http://www.microsoft.com"; // "http://localhost:52957/"; // "https://www.google.com/finance";
//--- Reset the last error code
   ResetLastError();
//--- Loading a html page from Google Finance
   int timeout=5000; //--- Timeout below 1000 (1 sec.) is not enough for slow Internet connection
   res=WebRequest("GET",google_url,cookie,NULL,timeout,post,0,result,headers);

[Janusz Trojca]

I have found in WebRequest function description:

Server port is automatically selected on the basis of the specified protocol - 80 for "http://" and 443 for "https://".

You can try to use functions InternetOpenUrlW from wininet.dll library. It shouldn't be a problem to find on forum working example. 

[gr101]

Ha!

That was it... thank you thank you thank you :))

[Janusz Trojca]

no problem :)