Writing to BI on demand using http request in ABAP code

Hi Gurus
I am getting ICM_HTTP_CONNECTION_FAILED error when I execute a program which contains HTTPS request. The purpose of the program is to write in bi.demand.com. The HTTP error code is 400.
Also in SMICM I get the following error:
ERROR => NiBufIConnect: non-buffered connect pending after 5000ms (hdl 29;XX.XXXXX.com:443) [nibuf.cpp 4611]
WARNING => Connection request from (25/133/3) to host: XX:XXXXXX.com, service: 443 failed (NIECONN_REFUSED)
210 ACCLIMATION, acclimation-PC, 12:38:29, M3, W0, SE38, 6/2 [icxxconn_mt.c 2321]
What should I do to correct this?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Sunny

Hi Sunny,
None of this looks familiar to me. What is the url that you are trying to request?
Are there potentially any proxy servers between your machines and the internet that need to be configured into your application?
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