HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden

Magdalena Surówka

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Sep 13, 2022, 8:10:53 AM9/13/22

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I am getting following error on api3.geo.admin.ch:

requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/SearchServer?searchText=Christoffelgasse+5%2C+3003+Bern&type=locations

Any idea what could be the reason?

I have made sure the API limits are respected, but the problem persists.

David...@swisstopo.ch

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Sep 13, 2022, 8:40:27 AM9/13/22

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Hi

If you search for https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/SearchServer?searchText=Christoffelgasse%205%20Bern&type=locations

Everything works fine

The official Zip is “Christoffelgasse 5 3011 Bern” 3003 is an auxillary zip which is not official

David

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Magdalena Surówka

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Sep 15, 2022, 5:00:10 AM9/15/22

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Indeed it works in the browser. However, I am getting the error when sending requests via Postman or with a script.

Are there any parameters that need to be defined in request headers?

Full error trace is:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<HTML>

<HEAD>
    <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
    <TITLE>ERROR: The request could not be satisfied</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
    <H1>403 ERROR</H1>
    <H2>The request could not be satisfied.</H2>
    <HR noshade size="1px">
    Bad request.
    We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a
    configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner.
    <BR clear="all">
If you provide content to customers through CloudFront, you can find steps to troubleshoot and help prevent this error by reviewing the CloudFront documentation.
    <BR clear="all">
    <HR noshade size="1px">
    <PRE>
Generated by cloudfront (CloudFront)
Request ID: McxRi64PET8JL0KoDV5OAnimUrrKylxIbpWrmfkSAyBesytpNc91Lw==
</PRE>
    <ADDRESS>
    </ADDRESS>
</BODY>

</HTML>

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David...@swisstopo.ch

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Sep 15, 2022, 5:10:38 AM9/15/22

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Try with GET parameter

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Magdalena Surówka

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Sep 15, 2022, 5:35:05 AM9/15/22

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Same error.

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Jürgen Hansmann

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Sep 15, 2022, 5:56:49 AM9/15/22

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Hi Magdalena

Can you please add the full request (or the snippet, where you do the actual request)?
That would identifying the issue.

Thanks a lot and best regards

Juergen

Magdalena Surówka

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Sep 15, 2022, 6:31:15 AM9/15/22

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Hi Jürgen

I managed to get it to work. The method update (post->get) didn't get saved.

Thank you for your support!

Magdalena

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Jürgen Hansmann

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Sep 16, 2022, 8:12:04 AM9/16/22

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Hi Magdalena

That's good to hear, have a nice weekend!

BR

Juergen

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