# Custom http provider error

**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-http-provider-error/50473
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [January 2, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-http-provider-error/50473 "2018-01-02T17:31:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Michael\_Wedderburn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Michael\_Wedderburn](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Wedderburn)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-http-provider-error/50473/1 "2018-01-02T17:31:21Z")

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I created a custom http provider but get this error on launch…

error: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: Class com.wowza.wms.util.VHostUtils can not access a member of class com.myhttpprovider.wms.module.myhttpclass with modifiers “”

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### Author: ![Michael\_Myers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Michael\_Myers](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Myers)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-http-provider-error/50473/2 "2020-04-09T18:38:12Z")

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I get the same error. Anybody know about this?

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### Author: ![Jason\_Tuchler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_tuchler/32/462_2.png) [@Jason\_Tuchler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Tuchler)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-http-provider-error/50473/3 "2020-04-09T19:08:40Z")

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Hello @Michael Wedderburn

This can be cause by your class not being public.

e.g. needs to be

public myhttpclass() {

}

-JasonT

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### Author: ![Michael\_Myers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Michael\_Myers](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Myers)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-http-provider-error/50473/4 "2020-04-09T21:34:23Z")

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Argh, should I have seen that. Saw the method was public, missed the class. Works now, good call

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### Author: ![Jason\_Tuchler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_tuchler/32/462_2.png) [@Jason\_Tuchler](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Tuchler)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/custom-http-provider-error/50473/5 "2020-04-16T19:36:00Z")

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Great to hear it’s working now.