RSS Replay Proxy Error: No Data Returned

Product: RSS Replay(RRP)
Version: Any
Dreamwever Version: Any
Reported On: 2006-08-31 17:17:01
Reported By: David Birch
Confirmed: Yes
Votes: 9

Problem: I'm trying to include a feed from the BBC in a web site. In Dreamweaver, when you press "play" it all looks great, but on the live site I get "RSS Replay Proxy Error: No Data Returned from http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/sportonline_uk_edition/football/rss.xml"

Am I doing something obviously wrong?

Solution:No David, You're not doing something wrong. But your server is.

The key to understanding what is going on here is looking at the error message and trying out a few things. First, we try the URL to be sure its right. Take the URL and put it into a browser and be sure we're getting the right thing. http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/sportonline_uk_edition/football/rss.xml is the full URL for the BBC's football feed -- so that checks out. Sometimes if the feed's URL is a redirect you can get this error too.

Now the second posibility is that the proxy is not working. "RSS Replay Proxy Error: No Data Returned" tells us that when the proxy made the request it did not get a response. So we should be asking why the proxy got no data. The answer to that might be that it was prevented from getting data.

Most often this error message occurs when there is a port closed on the hosting server (where the proxy script is), a firewall either on the hosting server or between the hosting server and the rest of the internet. Port 80 (the standard HTTP request port) must be open to making outbound requests. Often web servers are configured for inbound requests on that port, but outbound requests are closed. Check with your hosting provider to be sure Port 80 is available for outbound requests.