How to Fix Web Request failed Kodi error with simple methods

What is Web request failed Kodi error?

Kodi is a free and open source media player, which streams contents from the various source across the internet. For instance, if we click on the movie, a request has been sent to the server hosting the movie. This request will for the streaming link to that particular movie. Then the server will check the validation request, and check whether it's human or not. For this purpose only, we have captcha verification while streaming the movies. In Kodi, all the verification process has been done by URL resolver. After completing the verification process, the streaming link will be provided by the server. Once a connection is established between Kodi and the streaming server then it will start playing the contents.

Referred with the source to http://kodierror.com/web-request-failed/

These are all the steps which are happening behind your single click. It takes a few seconds for the request to be processed. While making a request if the server does not return any data, then it will throw the error called “Web request failed”.  If your Kodi can’t receive the streaming link after few seconds, then it will throw the error as “Connection timed out”.

Reasons for “Web request failed Kodi error”

There are two main reasons are available for this Web request failed Kodi error.

• Geo-restricted content: The servers which host the files will restrict the access to the particular countries. This is called as Geo-restricted content. They can do it because the streaming is strictly prohibited in some countries and also due to heavy load on the server, they restrict the access.
  You may receive this error while trying to stream the Live TV channels or PPV Events. For example, the UK TV Channels could be restricted only to the UK IP only. So, you can’t watch the UK channels by browsing from the US IP address. As a result, it will display the error message like "Web Request Failed error". 
• Web Traffic: The content which you are currently watching is being accessed by many other people, bots, software etc. If the traffic is higher than the threshold of the server, then it can’t handle the traffic. So it will throw the error message as web request failed error. And to limit this traffic to humans only, providers are using captcha verifications. This may also be occurred due to some other issues such as protocol error, connectivity issue.

Fix for “Web request failed Kodi error”

If the problem is due to the traffic, as an end user you can do nothing. You just wait and then try after some time. Alternatively, you can check the internet connectivity on your router or any other networking devices. After making sure that you have proper internet connectivity, then you have to proceed to the next step.

Sometimes, we may receive the web request failed error if the Real Time Messaging Protocol(RTMP) is disabled. So you have to enable this protocol. This protocol will be acting as an input protocol. To enable RTMP, follow the below steps carefully.

1. From the Kodi Homepage, select the Add-ons > My addons.
2. Now you have to search and select the Video Player Input Stream.
3. Now you can select the RTMP Input > Enable.
4. After completing the above process, you have to restart Kodi.

This will surely fix your issue. These are the simplest method available to fix the web request failed Kodi error.