ORA-29264 unknown or unsupported URL scheme

ORA-29273: HTTP request failed
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_HTTP", line 1577
ORA-29264: unknown or unsupported URL scheme


Error:  ORA-29264  (ORA-29264)
Text:  unknown or unsupported URL scheme
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Cause: The URL scheme was unknown or unsupported.
Action: Check the URL to make sure that the scheme is valid and
supported.

Please remove any leading or trailing characters (space, enter etc) in the profile's value.




The code works fine when
i use

http://www.***.com/image?imageid=1234 worked

but when i use

http://www.finance.***.com/image?imageid=1234

I fails with the specified error.