404 Error to retrieve pictures in HTTP: Get a File module, even if URL is correct

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Hello everyone.
Any advice on troubleshooting or a workaround when an image url can’t be found? I know for a fact the URL is spelled correctly and does work if I copy paste it manually it by myself. Actually, the workflow used to work until a while ago.

The output is the following:
[
{
“statusCode”: 404,
“headers”: [
{
“name”: “date”,
“value”: “Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:26:44 GMT”
},
{
“name”: “content-type”,
“value”: “application/json”
},
{
“name”: “content-length”,
“value”: “45”
},
{
“name”: “connection”,
“value”: “keep-alive”
},
{
“name”: “cf-ray”,
“value”: “983d1f3e5f3d8244-IAD”
},
{
“name”: “access-control-allow-origin”,
“value”: “*”
},
{
“name”: “via”,
“value”: “1.1 google”
},
{
“name”: “cf-cache-status”,
“value”: “EXPIRED”
},
{
“name”: “expires”,
“value”: “Wed, 24 Sep 2025 01:26:44 GMT”
},
{
“name”: “cache-control”,
“value”: “public, max-age=14400”
},
{
“name”: “vary”,
“value”: “Accept-Encoding”
},
{
“name”: “server”,
“value”: “cloudflare”
}
],
“cookieHeaders”: ,
“data”: “{\“errorCode\”:404,\“message\”:\“No Image found\”}\n”,
“fileSize”: 45,
“fileName”: “file.json”
}
]

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Hello @AI_Deal_Book and Welcome to the Make Community!

Unfortunately, there’s not enough info here to offer up any help or advice.

Are you trying to download a file?
What modules are you using?
What are your inputs?

If you’re able to answer some of these, hopefully we’ll be able to help you out!

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Hey @AI_Deal_Book , Are you sure the URL is a download URL?

5

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Thanks everyone for your comments.
I figured out what was the source of the error. I am using the Get Elements from HTML Parser Module to retrieve some images. I then attempted to use an Array Aggregator and an Iterator inmediately after, in order to filter only the first X number of images using slice as a filter (in case some websites have dozens of images and my workflow consumes too much credits).
This Aggregator/Iterator somehow slightly changed the URL and made it unretrievable. Once I deleted the aggregator and iterator, the workflow worked fine.

So in conclusion, the aggregator/iterator made the URLs unretrievable.
However, I still need to figure out how to filter and choose only the first x number of modules after the Get Elements from HTML Parser. Any suggestions there?

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You can aggregate to an array and use the slice function, or if it is available, use the bundle order position in the Text Parser output in a filter.

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

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