URL Read Returns Status of 1, but no Data

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Hello All,
I have been using urlread for quite some time now, however it is not working anymore, and I am struggling to find where it is failing. I am gathering end of day information for a number of stocks from Yahoo Finance. The following code is used:
[temp, s] = urlread(http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=ACBFF&a=00&b=01&c=2016&d=03&e=17&f=2017&g=d&ignore=.csv)
After this runs, s returns 1, however temp does not have any data (it has worked for a few weeks up until yesterday).
Does anyone have suggestions, or know of why this error is coming up now?
Thanks for the help,
Carmelo
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Octavio Garcia
Octavio Garcia on 19 Apr 2017
....after read a post, a guy changed http by https in the URL, and now WORKS!! using urlread
[temp, status] = urlread(strcat('https://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s='... ,tickers{i},'&a=',bm,'&b=',bd,'&c=',by,'&d=',em,'&e=',ed,'&f=',... ey,'&g=',freq,'&ignore=.csv'));% urlread2.urlread2( ... do the same
Carmelo Gonzales
Carmelo Gonzales on 20 Apr 2017
Thanks Octavio for your input! Yes, changing http to https works! Such a simple fix but bugged the hell out of me for a few days!

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Lukas Mich
Lukas Mich on 19 Apr 2017
Try using https instead of http

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Carmelo Gonzales
Carmelo Gonzales on 20 Apr 2017
Thanks Lukas - This was the fix!

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