Why does Mojeek Give Me a HTTP 403?

No such thing to us :smiley:

We normally like to work without JavaScript as much as we possibly can, but also a lot of the searches in question come from browser plugins/search bars or similar, and so they don’t type anything into the search box before arriving with a query.

yes, of course - i wasn’t thinking - plus some bots/scripts probably don’t process JS

I got a 403 while searching for Asian carp. I clicked on the “Next” button and received the splash page for automated queries.

https://www.mojeek.com/search?q=great+lakes+asian+carp&s=375

Today, I’ve been submitting other queries in a private window so that I could give more targeted feedback on specific issues.

@mike thanks for reporting this. Also acknowledging receipt of “submit feedback” reports. This partiular problem was a rare concidence of factors, and should now be fixed.

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403 while trying to find a working copy of a youtube video - query was:

"youtube.com/watch?v=qnmTZUxNIHI"

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Thank you. This does not now bring up a 403.

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When searching for mpeg-la or via-la:

https://www.mojeek.com/search?q=mpeg-la
https://www.mojeek.com/search?q=via-la

@gnome can you check this now? It should be fixed :pray:

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Looks to be fixed!

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Good to hear!

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Hi Colin, just started using Mojeek and received the 403 error with the following search criteria: firefox “recent downloads” remove win10. I don’t believe my network is sending automated queries, so please investigate and advise how to proceed.

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Welcome to the forum @Danny. Sorry about this 403; it looks to be an issue with our bot blocking defences being overzealous on that specific query. I’ve raised it to be looked at internally; for the moment the query without quotes should work.

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