title: Groovy HTTP ResponseParseException not found
body: <p>I am trying to make simple <code>GET</code> request using groovy HTTP request. I am expecting JSON response in this form: </p>
  
  <pre><code>{Records:[]}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So far I have done this in my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def getCountries(def cookies) {
  
      if (!cookies) {
          println("cookies list is empty!")
          return false
      }
  
      println("get countries, cookies list: ")
      println(cookies)
  
      try{
  
          def http = new HTTPBuilder("https://www.evisitor.hr/test_API/Rest/")
          http.request(GET, ContentType.JSON) {
              uri.path = "Htz/Country/RecordsAndTotalCount?psize=20&amp;page=1&amp;sort=NameNational%20desc"
              headers.Accept = 'application/json'
              headers.'User-Agent' = 'Mozilla/5.0 Ubuntu/8.10 Firefox/3.0.4'
              String c = cookies.join(";")
              println("before appending in header: ")
              println(c)
              headers.'Set-Cookie' = c
  
              response.success = { respnse, reader -&gt;
                  String text = resp.entity.content.text
                  println("text is: " + text)
                  String contentType = resp.headers."Content-Type"
                  println("content type is: " + contentType)
                  if (contentType?.startsWith("application/json")) {
                      def json = JsonSlurper().parseText(text)
                      println(json)
                      println("1")
                  }
                  else {
                      println("2")
                  }
              }
  
              response.failure = { resp, reader -&gt;
                  println "Failure response: ${resp.status}"
              }
          }
  
  
  
      }catch (groovyx.net.http.HttpResponseException ex) {
          println("3")
          ex.printStackTrace()
          return null
      }catch (java.net.ConnectException ex) {
          println("4")
          ex.printStackTrace()
          return null
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I am always getting this response:</p>
  
  <pre><code>3
  | Error groovyx.net.http.ResponseParseException: Not Found
  | Error     at groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder.doRequest(HTTPBuilder.java:500)
  | Error     at groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder.doRequest(HTTPBuilder.java:441)
  | Error     at groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder.request(HTTPBuilder.java:390)
  | Error     at groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder$request$0.call(Unknown Source)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:45)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:108)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:124)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService$$EPpVE4fg.$tt__getCountries(EvisitorService.groovy:175)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService$$DPpVE4fg.$tt__getCountries(Unknown Source)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService.$tt__getCountries(EvisitorService.groovy)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService$_getCountries_closure3$$EPpVE4fg.doCall(EvisitorService.groovy)
  | Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  | Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
  | Error     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  | Error     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
  | Error     at org.springsource.loaded.ri.ReloadedTypeInvoker$2.invoke(ReloadedTypeInvoker.java:122)
  | Error     at org.springsource.loaded.ri.ReflectiveInterceptor.jlrMethodInvoke(ReflectiveInterceptor.java:1299)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:90)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:324)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1207)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.invokeMethod(ExpandoMetaClass.java:1110)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1016)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:423)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService$_getCountries_closure3.call(EvisitorService.groovy)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:439)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService$_getCountries_closure3.call(EvisitorService.groovy)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.support.GrailsTransactionTemplate$2.doInTransaction(GrailsTransactionTemplate.groovy:88)
  | Error     at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:133)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.support.GrailsTransactionTemplate.execute(GrailsTransactionTemplate.groovy:85)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService$$EPpVE4fg.getCountries(EvisitorService.groovy)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService$$DPpVE4fg.getCountries(Unknown Source)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService.getCountries(EvisitorService.groovy)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService$getCountries$0.call(Unknown Source)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:45)
  | Error     at com.manas.evisitor.EvisitorService$getCountries$0.call(Unknown Source)
  | Error     at com.manas.frontdesk.EvisitorController.testevisitor(EvisitorController.groovy:42)
  | Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  | Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
  | Error     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  | Error     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
  | Error     at org.springsource.loaded.ri.OriginalClassInvoker.invoke(OriginalClassInvoker.java:47)
  | Error     at org.springsource.loaded.ri.ReflectiveInterceptor.jlrMethodInvoke(ReflectiveInterceptor.java:1299)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.MixedGrailsControllerHelper.invoke(MixedGrailsControllerHelper.java:154)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractGrailsControllerHelper.handleAction(AbstractGrailsControllerHelper.java:375)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractGrailsControllerHelper.executeAction(AbstractGrailsControllerHelper.java:252)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractGrailsControllerHelper.handleURI(AbstractGrailsControllerHelper.java:205)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractGrailsControllerHelper.handleURI(AbstractGrailsControllerHelper.java:126)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleGrailsController.handleRequest(SimpleGrailsController.java:72)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.handle(SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.java:50)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.GrailsDispatcherServlet.doDispatch(GrailsDispatcherServlet.java:347)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:870)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:961)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:852)
  | Error     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:620)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:837)
  | Error     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at grails.plugin.cache.web.filter.PageFragmentCachingFilter.doFilter(PageFragmentCachingFilter.java:198)
  | Error     at grails.plugin.cache.web.filter.AbstractFilter.doFilter(AbstractFilter.java:63)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:344)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:261)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:748)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:486)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:411)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:338)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.UrlMappingUtils.forwardRequestForUrlMappingInfo(UrlMappingUtils.java:178)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.UrlMappingUtils.forwardRequestForUrlMappingInfo(UrlMappingUtils.java:144)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.UrlMappingUtils.forwardRequestForUrlMappingInfo(UrlMappingUtils.java:135)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.filter.UrlMappingsFilter.doFilterInternal(UrlMappingsFilter.java:216)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsWebRequestFilter.doFilterInternal(GrailsWebRequestFilter.java:69)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.filters.HiddenHttpMethodFilter.doFilterInternal(HiddenHttpMethodFilter.java:67)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:88)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:344)
  | Error     at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:261)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
  | Error     at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408)
  | Error     at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1070)
  | Error     at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)
  | Error     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:314)
  | Error     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
  | Error     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
  | Error     at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
  | Error     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
  | Error Caused by: groovy.json.JsonException: Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object
  The current character read is '&lt;' with an int value of 60
  Unable to determine the current character, it is not a string, number, array, or object
  line number 1
  index number 0
  &lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt;
  ^
  | Error     at groovy.json.internal.JsonParserCharArray.decodeValueInternal(JsonParserCharArray.java:216)
  | Error     at groovy.json.internal.JsonParserCharArray.decodeValue(JsonParserCharArray.java:166)
  | Error     at groovy.json.internal.JsonParserCharArray.decodeFromChars(JsonParserCharArray.java:45)
  | Error     at groovy.json.internal.JsonParserCharArray.parse(JsonParserCharArray.java:409)
  | Error     at groovy.json.internal.BaseJsonParser.parse(BaseJsonParser.java:121)
  | Error     at groovy.json.JsonSlurper.parse(JsonSlurper.java:224)
  | Error     at groovyx.net.http.ParserRegistry.parseJSON(ParserRegistry.java:280)
  | Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  | Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
  | Error     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  | Error     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
  | Error     at org.springsource.loaded.ri.ReflectiveInterceptor.jlrMethodInvoke(ReflectiveInterceptor.java:1276)
  | Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:90)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:324)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1207)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.invokeMethod(ExpandoMetaClass.java:1110)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1074)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.ExpandoMetaClass.invokeMethod(ExpandoMetaClass.java:1110)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1016)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:423)
  | Error     at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:439)
  | Error     at groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder.parseResponse(HTTPBuilder.java:561)
  | Error     at groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder.doRequest(HTTPBuilder.java:494)
  | Error     ... 113 more
  done
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have googled and found out that it's problem related to groovy and this problem was not occurring before version 2.3.0, like <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25704985/groovy-httpbuilder-producing-error-when-parsing-valid-json">this</a> post is saying.</p>
  
  <p>I tried all answers and hints but none of them helped. What can I do to make my JSON parseable?</p>