Error doing HTTP Request

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Hi, I am currently experimenting with a AI-solution chatbot that aims to provide nutrient-based recommendations from a specific government-approved website. I am having trouble with the HTTPS Request nodes for the AI chatbot. Some errors appear: The tools from the HTTP request are attempting to get information from a non-existent page of the website hence the error. A second error is that the prompt " server is offline" always appears despite the website fully functioning. Does anyone know any workarounds with HTTP requests? Thanks in advance.

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{
“errorMessage”: “The connection was aborted, perhaps the server is offline”,
“errorDetails”: {},
“n8nDetails”: {
“time”: “31/08/2025, 18:18:15”,
“n8nVersion”: “1.108.2 (Cloud)”,
“binaryDataMode”: “filesystem”
}
}

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: Latest
  • Database (default: SQLite): SQLite
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Desktop app(Google Chrome)
  • Operating system: Windows
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Welcome to the N8n community @The_Nutrient_Project

I think the problem isn’t your website, it’s that the AI agent is constructing incorrect URLs for your HTTP Request nodes before it even makes the call.

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@The_Nutrient_Project

Your error The tools from the HTTP request are attempting to get information from a non existent page, happens because of this line in your tool configuration

"url":"={{ /*n8n-auto-generated-fromAI-override*/ $fromAI('URL', ``, 'string') }}"
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That is amazing, thank you for spotting the error as I was very lost. I have just changed the tool configuration and inserted the webpage that I want the AI to get the information from but there is another error. I still get the error despite the webpage fully functioning:

{
“errorMessage”: “The connection was aborted, perhaps the server is offline”,
“errorDetails”: {},
“n8nDetails”: {
“time”: “31/08/2025, 20:34:05”,
“n8nVersion”: “1.108.2 (Cloud)”,
“binaryDataMode”: “filesystem”
}
}

This is the AI assistant reply to the error:

The error message “The connection was aborted, perhaps the server is offline” usually means that n8n was unable to reach the target server (in this case, https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/nutrient-reference-values/nutrients).

Thanks again

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Now @The_Nutrient_Project change the URL in your tool to https://www.google.com and run the workflow, If it works, then the problem is definitely that eatforhealth.gov.au is blocking n8n’s IP address, but if it If it also fails it might be a network issue on n8n’s side.
the next option to try will be to use a proxy or increase the timeout ( the time N8n will wait for a response)
Let me know what you think.

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Ok the workflow works with the Google URL so it may be there is a restriction on the government website, thanks for the help! I will try to experiment with the proxy and timeout as well.

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You are welcome @The_Nutrient_Project
Glad I was able to help.