Hi, I recently came across this issue when drupal_http_request reported error (-1002 - missing schema) for the following URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/variety/news/film/~3/ksODaiUYe-U/VR1118022938 This URL redirects twice. For the first time, it returns the location: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118022938?categoryid=3762&cs=1&nid=2564&ut... with 302 code. This URL when requested returns the Location: /article/VR1118022938.html?categoryid=3762&cs=1&nid=2564&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+variety%2Fnews%2Ffilm+%28Variety+-+Film+News%29 with 302 code. As the drupal_http_request requests the location, a missing schema error is reported. Whereas the browser, and the following test site: http://www.rexswain.com/cgi-bin/httpview.cgi, correctly returns the content of the page. Is drupal_http_request missing some recommended functionality? -- Regards, Nitin Kumar Gupta http://publicmind.in/blog/