sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapConnectionException

unable to retrieve page content

Error message

unable to retrieve page content

What it means

Error "unable to retrieve page content" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/controller/checks.py:1810

            infoMsg += "the target URL page content"
            logger.info(infoMsg)

            if not re.search(conf.regexp, rawResponse, re.I | re.M):
                warnMsg = "you provided '%s' as the regular expression " % conf.regexp
                warnMsg += "which does not have any match within the target URL raw response. sqlmap "
                warnMsg += "will carry on anyway"
                logger.warning(warnMsg)

        kb.errorIsNone = False

        if any(_ in (kb.serverHeader or "") for _ in PRECONNECT_INCOMPATIBLE_SERVERS):
            singleTimeWarnMessage("turning off pre-connect mechanism because of incompatible server ('%s')" % kb.serverHeader)
            conf.disablePrecon = True

        if not kb.originalPage and wasLastResponseHTTPError():
            if getLastRequestHTTPError() not in (conf.ignoreCode or []):
                errMsg = "unable to retrieve page content"
                raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)
        elif wasLastResponseDBMSError():
            warnMsg = "there is a DBMS error found in the HTTP response body "
            warnMsg += "which could interfere with the results of the tests"
            logger.warning(warnMsg)
        elif wasLastResponseHTTPError():
            if getLastRequestHTTPError() not in (conf.ignoreCode or []):
                warnMsg = "the web server responded with an HTTP error code (%d) " % getLastRequestHTTPError()
                warnMsg += "which could interfere with the results of the tests"
                logger.warning(warnMsg)
        else:
            kb.errorIsNone = True

        if kb.choices.redirect == REDIRECTION.YES and threadData.lastRedirectURL and threadData.lastRedirectURL[0] == threadData.lastRequestUID:
            if (threadData.lastRedirectURL[1] or "").startswith("https://") and conf.hostname in getUnicode(threadData.lastRedirectURL[1]):
                conf.url = re.sub(r"https?://", "https://", conf.url)
                match = re.search(r":(\d+)", threadData.lastRedirectURL[1])
                port = match.group(1) if match else 443
                conf.url = re.sub(r":\d+(/|\Z)", r":%s\g<1>" % port, conf.url)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/controller/checks.py:1810 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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