403 error with MAL API

Sep 3, 2017 9:44 AM

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Apr 2014

Hi,

I'm trying to use MyAnimeList API, it's working the firsts time but after some tries I get a 403 error :/

Here's my code:

foreach (string t in allTags)
{
    try
    {
        using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
        {
            wc.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
            string result = wc.DownloadString("https://myanimelist.net/api/anime/search.xml?q=plastic+memories");
            Console.WriteLine(result);
        }
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
    }
}

Does someone please know why ?

Thanks in advance

Oct 29, 2017 9:18 AM

sasalx

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Sep 2012

3601

Can you try to define "wc.Credentials" out of loop? A guess but that can cause a 403 error. Also what that loop does? I mean what is "allTags"?

Dec 13, 2017 3:59 PM

Zirk

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Apr 2014

Hi, I'm sorry for not responding for so long :/
I changed my code and it's now looking like that:

[Command("MyAnimeList")]
public async Task mal(string animeName)
{
    p.doAction(Context.User, Context.Guild.Id, Program.Module.MyAnimeList);
    using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
    {
        wc.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
    }
	// Some other stuff
}

So I no longer have a loop, and the creditentials are right (because it's working like 4 times then it's not working anymore, I also login on the website just before writing it to be sure).

Mar 21, 2018 2:19 AM

julyan

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Discord.NET?

It doesn't work after x tries because that's a security feature afaik. You log in after every invoke of the command. Repeatedly logging in would trigger something in most cases :>

Try using the credentials during init and see how that goes. But you've probably moved on and used a different service if you still haven't solved it at this point xD

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Mar 21, 2018 5:44 AM

Zirk

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Apr 2014

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, I tried to set the credentials at the beginning of the program but it still not working (I get a 403 error after a few tried) :/

Oct 13, 2022 12:54 AM

petergroft2907

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Oct 2022

If the 403 error was reported from other resources, there might be another cause for the error. For example:

If the error was reported in a web browser, then that error might be caused by an incorrect proxy setting. The proxy server returns a 403 error if HTTP access isn't allowed.
If there's another AWS service in front of the API, then that service can reject the request with a 403 error in the response.

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