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ceby's avatar
ceby
Frequent Visitor
6 years ago

Connecting to website as a data source

Hi,

 

I'm trying to pull some data off the web and I'm trying to connect to this page: 

 

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/breedlove

 

but I get the following error message: 

 

Unable to connect

We encountered an error while trying to connect

Details: "The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurered on a receive. 

 

When I tried connecting to the linking below I had no problem and was able to connect and pull in tables: 

https://www.1000bulbs.com/category/100w-mh-equal-led-retrofit-for-hid-high-and-low-bay/

 

And then I trying connecting to this website and got "Access to the resource is forbidden": 

 

https://www.sweetwater.com/shop/guitars/

 

Why can I get connect to the one, but not the other two?

 

Any insight is greatly appreciated!

 

Regards, 

Chuck

 

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4 Replies

    • ceby's avatar
      ceby
      Frequent Visitor
      6 years ago

      Hi AZ, 

       

      So there is nothing I can do about it except maybe contact the web provider - which is kind of what I figured. 

       

      Thanks for your input

      chuck

      • az38's avatar
        az38
        Community Champion
        6 years ago

        Hi ceby 

        It's not about even provider, it's about web-sites owners

        Try to find another way

  • dax's avatar
    dax
    Community Support
    6 years ago

     Hi ceby,

    For the error of "The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurered on a receive", this might be network traffic or server not respond. 

    For the error of "Access to the resource is forbidden", did you use anonymous? You could try to delete this permission in Datasource setting and re-conncet to this link by orrganization account to see whethether it work or not.

    Or you also could create a ticket for this problem https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/support/

    Best Regards,
    Zoe Zhi

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.