Connection refused while getting inputstream from google

Question

I am writing a method to send a GET request to an endpoint and parse the response text as json.

public static KafkaConnection getKafkaConnection(String sUrl) throws IOException {
    URL url=new URL(sUrl);
    HttpURLConnection con=(HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
    con.setRequestMethod("GET");
    InputStream is = con.getInputStream();
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
    for (String line = null; (line = reader.readLine()) != null;) {
        builder.append(line).append("\n");
    }
    String jsonText = builder.toString();
    JSONObject json = new JSONObject(jsonText);
    KafkaConnection kc = new KafkaConnection();
    JSONArray array = json.getJSONArray("address");
    List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (int i = 0; i < array.length(); i++) {
        list.add(array.getString(i));
    }
    kc.setAddresses(list);
    kc.setZookeeper(json.getString("zookeeper"));
    return kc;
}

However I am getting "Connection refused" error at line InputStream is = con.getInputStream(); . for any url. Even http://www.google.com . These urls are accessible from a browser or using curl command on the same machine. What is causing the connection failure using HttpUrlConnection?

Below is the stack trace:

Exception in thread "main" java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method)
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:79)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538)
    at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:180)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:432)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:527)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:211)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:308)
    at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:326)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:1202)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1138)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:1032)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:966)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1546)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1474)
    at com.lgc.dist.plat.test.kafka.KafkaTestUtils.getKafkaConnection(KafkaTestUtils.java:30)
    at com.lgc.dist.plat.test.kafka.KafkaTestUtils.main(KafkaTestUtils.java:54)

EDIT Based on the answers, looks like the consensus is that this is a firewall issue.

I did set the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy to the following for my computer https://user:pass@np1prxy801.corp.company.com:80

So I added the following code before the connection:

System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "https://np1prxy801.corp.company.com"); 
    System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "80");
    String user = "user";
    String password = "pass";
    Authenticator.setDefault(
       new Authenticator() {
          @Override
          public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
             return new PasswordAuthentication(
                   user, password.toCharArray());
          }
       }
    );

However, I am still getting connection refused error.

Answer 1

Before trying to connect, try

System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "your.proxy.server.com"); System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "{your proxy port}");

as an experiment

Answer 2

Finally got it to work with the following code based on two other posts, Eclipse Outbound connection blocked : The same url works from web browser and How do I make HttpURLConnection use a proxy?

    Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, 
            new InetSocketAddress("np1prxy801.corp.abc.com", 80));
    URL url=new URL(sUrl);
    HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection(proxy);

    String user = "user";
    String password = "password";
    Authenticator.setDefault(
       new Authenticator() {
          @Override
          public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
             return new PasswordAuthentication(
                   user, password.toCharArray());
          }
       }
    );

    con.setRequestMethod("GET");
    InputStream is = con.getInputStream();