HTTP 403 response code means you are forbidden from accessing a valid URL.
The server understands the request, but it can't fulfill the request because of client-side issues.
Possible causes
- Your machine IP is not whitelisted. In order to learn how to whitelist an IP, please review the following article.
- The domain you try to access is blocked by Bright Data.
- The domain you try to access is not specified in your use case.
- Failed captcha response (relevant for Web Unlocker and SERP API).
Sample error 403 response
< HTTP/1.1 403 response status was rejected
< x-debug-req-id: SAMPLE_ID
< X-Luminati-Error: response status was rejected: 403 Forbidden
< X-Luminati-Error-Code: http_status
< Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:11:23 GMT
< Connection: keep-alive
< Keep-Alive: timeout=5
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked