403 Error

[HeroponRikiBestest]

Trying to use my scripts today, I get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/bestest/moddb-ex/modPlayFinal.py", line 6, in <module>
    search = moddb.search(
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/bestest/moddb-ex/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/moddb/base.py", line 73, in search
    html = get_page(
           ^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/bestest/moddb-ex/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/moddb/utils.py", line 301, in get_page
    resp = request(requests.Request("GET", url, params=params))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/bestest/moddb-ex/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/moddb/utils.py", line 128, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/bestest/moddb-ex/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/moddb/utils.py", line 260, in request
    raise_for_status(resp)
  File "/home/bestest/moddb-ex/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/moddb/utils.py", line 196, in raise_for_status
    response.raise_for_status()
  File "/home/bestest/moddb-ex/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 1024, in raise_for_status
    raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://www.moddb.com/downloads/page/1?filter=t&sort=released-asc&category=4

I did install a slew of python packages for another program in between yesterday and today, but I
I'm unsure if this is just on my end or not. Moddb still works in my browser; do you know if logins are necessary? Or, did something break?

[ClementJ18]

This is an error message straight from moddb. You've most likely been tagged as a bot so you'll be unable to access the site for a little while. What kind of code were you running?

[HeroponRikiBestest]

I think the issue is how I was trying to test the changes in code that I was making. I'll be more careful about that next time. Anyhow, if that's all it is, I'll just wait a few days, sorry about that.

[Tosox]

@ClementJ18 So, after months of having a script which runs every 30 minutes it stopped working for me too, since maybe 2 weeks. I tried running the script from two other different devices and once with login and without login, but I still get a 403 error. Looks like a new fix is required.

[Tosox]

@ClementJ18 Okay, I found a very cool library which fixes this issue: curl_cffi

I created an example script:

from curl_cffi import requests

response = requests.get("https://www.moddb.com/members/tosox", impersonate="firefox")

print("Status Code:", response.status_code)
print(response.text[:500])

[ClementJ18]

@Tosox Please open a new issue in the future. Could you try with #65