{"record":{"id":"dec3b0a31d26e4b9","repo":"D4Vinci/Scrapling","slug":"failed-to-get-response-for-url-dec3b0","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to get response for {url}","messagePattern":"Failed to get response for (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"RuntimeError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"scrapling/engines/_browsers/_stealth.py","lineNumber":251,"sourceCode":"                        page_info,\n                        final_response,\n                        xhr_pattern=self._config.capture_xhr,\n                        xhr_container=xhr_captured,\n                    ),\n                )\n\n                if params.page_setup:\n                    try:\n                        params.page_setup(page)\n                    except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover\n                        log.error(f\"Error executing page_setup: {e}\")\n\n                try:\n                    first_response = page.goto(url, referer=referer)\n                    self._wait_for_page_stability(page, params.load_dom, params.network_idle)\n\n                    if not first_response:\n                        raise RuntimeError(f\"Failed to get response for {url}\")\n\n                    if params.solve_cloudflare:\n                        self._cloudflare_solver(page)\n                        # Make sure the page is fully loaded after the captcha\n                        self._wait_for_page_stability(page, params.load_dom, params.network_idle)\n\n                    if params.page_action:\n                        try:\n                            _ = params.page_action(page)\n                        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover\n                            log.error(f\"Error executing page_action: {e}\")\n\n                    if params.wait_selector:\n                        try:\n                            waiter: Locator = page.locator(params.wait_selector)\n                            waiter.first.wait_for(state=params.wait_selector_state)\n                            self._wait_for_page_stability(page, params.load_dom, params.network_idle)\n                        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover","sourceCodeStart":233,"sourceCodeEnd":269,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/D4Vinci/Scrapling/blob/5d213a2d4764002bfc4fed33c32fe09fa8b0bf7f/scrapling/engines/_browsers/_stealth.py#L233-L269","documentation":"Raised when Playwright's page.goto(url) completes but returns None, meaning no main network response backs the navigation. This happens for navigations to non-HTTP targets (about:blank, file downloads, javascript: or data: redirects) or when the navigation is intercepted/cancelled, so scrapling refuses to fabricate a Response.","triggerScenarios":"Navigating to a URL that triggers a download, redirects to about:blank or a chrome:// page, or a URL whose main request is blocked (e.g. by an interceptor, blocked_domains, or a failing proxy) so no primary response object is produced.","commonSituations":"Scraping links extracted from pages that turn out to be direct file downloads, proxy interception swallowing the main request, or ad/domain blockers cancelling navigation to the target.","solutions":["Verify the URL actually returns an HTML/document response with a plain HTTP client (e.g. requests) before sending it to the browser","Disable block_ads/blocked_domains entries that may match the target domain and retry","If the target serves downloads, handle it outside the browser session or expect this error per-URL"],"exampleFix":"// before\nresp = session.fetch('https://example.com/report.pdf')  # goto -> None\n\n// after\nif not url.lower().endswith(('.pdf','.zip','.csv')):\n    resp = session.fetch(url)","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"import re\nDOCUMENT_LIKE = re.compile(r'^https?://', re.I)\ndef safe_url(u: str) -> bool:\n    return bool(DOCUMENT_LIKE.match(u)) and not u.lower().endswith(('.pdf','.zip','.csv','.exe','.dmg'))","typeGuard":"def is_navigable_document(url: str) -> bool:\n    return url.startswith(('http://', 'https://')) and not re.search(r'\\.(pdf|zip|csv|tar|gz|exe)$', url, re.I)","tryCatchPattern":"for url in urls:\n    try:\n        resp = session.fetch(url)\n    except RuntimeError as e:\n        if 'Failed to get response' in str(e):\n            log.warning('skipping non-document url %s', url); continue\n        raise","preventionTips":["Filter harvested URLs for scheme and file-extension before feeding fetch()","Audit blocked_domains/block_ads lists so they cannot match your target host","Treat this as a per-URL skip condition in crawlers, not a fatal error"],"tags":["navigation","playwright","no-response","stealth"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"5d213a2d4764002bfc4fed33c32fe09fa8b0bf7f","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T22:23:09.440Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}