Script is getting 403 Forbidden using Custom Search API

[Ritter]

Hello,

I am trying to search Google using Custom Search API with the following Perl script. Strangely, the response with the script is [403 Forbidden] while

the same request over the GUI (Google APIs Explorer/CustomSearch API/search.cse.list) pass through.

Here is the script:

#!/usr/bin/perl 

use strict;

use warnings;

use WWW::Google::CustomSearch;

use Data::Dumper;

my $api_key = '{HERE_IS_MY_API_KEY}';

my $cx      = '{MY_custom_search_engine_ID}';

my $filter  = '0';

my $country = 'de';

my $engine  = WWW::Google::CustomSearch->new(cx => $cx, filter => $filter, gl => $country, api_key => $api_key);

#print Dumper(\$engine);

my $result  = $engine->search('Linux');

print Dumper(\$result);

my $page    = $result->request;

my $another = $page->fetch; 

Comparing both search strings (search.cse.list and the one generated by my script) are almost the same (apart from some additional parameters which

are not relevant). The search strings are:

search.cse.list:

https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?q=Linux&cx={MY_custom_search_engine_ID}&filter=0&gl=de&num=10&safe=off&start=1&key={YOUR_API_KEY}

My Perl Script:

https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key={HERE_IS_MY_API_KEY}&cx={MY_custom_search_engine_ID}&prettyprint=true&alt=json&safe=off&num=10&start=1&filter=0&q=Linux

Any ideas what might be wrong and how to fix it?

Best Regards,

Ritter

[Peter Gransee]

I had the same problem- for me I had to enable the API in the google API manager.

https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials?project={your project - create this in the control panel for google custom search}

So even though I had a custom search engine id and a API key, the API was not enabled for some reason. Once I enabled it, the error 403 went away almost immediately.

Another possibility I found while searching for the solution is that you have IP blocking turned on in the API configuration (although this was not the case for me).

Peter

[Eugène van der Merwe]

@Peter Gransee,

Sir, you are a scholar and a gentleman. I created a Custom Search Engine a few days ago and I've been humbly using it to see various results. Small hits. Then all of a sudden a 403! I followed your advice, got myself a an API enabled, and voila! As you say, straight away the problem is gone.

Love it!

warm regards,

Eugene