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Initializr service call failed using '${url}' - service retu

Error message

Initializr service call failed using '${url}' - service returned ${reasonPhrase}

What it means

Error "Initializr service call failed using '${url}' - service returned ${reasonPhrase}" thrown in spring-projects/spring-boot.

Source

Thrown at cli/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitializrService.java:209

		catch (IOException ex) {
			throw new ReportableException(
					"Failed to " + description + " from service at '" + url + "' (" + ex.getMessage() + ")");
		}
	}

	private ReportableException createException(String url, ClassicHttpResponse httpResponse) {
		StatusLine statusLine = new StatusLine(httpResponse);
		String message = "Initializr service call failed using '" + url + "' - service returned "
				+ statusLine.getReasonPhrase();
		String error = extractMessage(httpResponse.getEntity());
		if (StringUtils.hasText(error)) {
			message += ": '" + error + "'";
		}
		else {
			int statusCode = statusLine.getStatusCode();
			message += " (unexpected " + statusCode + " error)";
		}
		throw new ReportableException(message);
	}

	private @Nullable String extractMessage(@Nullable HttpEntity entity) {
		if (entity != null) {
			try {
				JSONObject error = getContentAsJson(entity);
				if (error.has("message")) {
					return error.getString("message");
				}
			}
			catch (Exception ex) {
				// Ignore
			}
		}
		return null;
	}

	private JSONObject getContentAsJson(HttpEntity entity) throws IOException, JSONException {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitializrService.java:209 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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