group.show gets Response status: 301 message: Moved Permanently

[Deb]

I am posting the following group.show API request and it's returning an error (below), even though when I paste the request into a browser, it returns valid results.

API request:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show?...

Error Received:
AbstractHttpConnection.get(): Error connecting to server: Response status: 301 message: Moved Permanently

[Jon]

we recently started enforcing proper Host: headers in all of our requests and i think this is what's causing you issues.

if make that request like this:

GET /group/show/742-christian-fiction-devourers?format=xml&key=Ohxq73wv2HzSqIYz5kviNA HTTP/1.0

i get redirected because there's no Host header specified. if i add one the request succeeds:

GET /group/show/742-christian-fiction-devourers?format=xml&key=Ohxq73wv2HzSqIYz5kviNA HTTP/1.0
Host: www.goodreads.com

this also works if i make this request (with or without the Host: header):

GET http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/7... HTTP/1.0

so i think all you need to do is look at your http library and see how to specify this header.