title: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused with Google Maps
body: <p>I am experiencing technical issues a Connection refused Error when connecting to googleapis inside a Java program</p>
  
  <pre><code>String url = https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Ctra.+Ibiza+a+San+Antonio%2C+Km+5%2C+07816+San+Rafael%2C+Illes+Balears%2C+Spain&amp;key=AIzaSyAawKhhK1ieNloq0wogoSTXb-eEwpb-pol
  
  URL url = new URL(url);
  URLConnection uc = url.openConnection ();
  uc.connect();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>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:339)
      at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:200)
      at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:182)
      at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172)
      at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
      at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:579)
      at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:618)
      at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:160)
      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.protocol.https.HttpsClient.&lt;init&gt;(HttpsClient.java:275)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:371)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:191)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:932)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:177)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:153)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and the proxy settings are well defined:</p>
  
  <pre><code>   Authenticator.setDefault(
                     new Authenticator() {
                        @Override
                        public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
                           return new PasswordAuthentication(
                                 "estebbe", "5kjk61a".toCharArray());
                        }
                     }
                  );
  
   System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "127.27.237.33");
   System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "8022");
   System.setProperty("http.nonProxyHosts", "localhost|127.0.0.1");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and putting the URL in the browser it works perfectly !</p>