Kevin Powell - Community•6mo ago

API fetching problem

I want to fetch an API (i dont own this) and when i fetch it with my browser, postman, CURL, some VSCode extensions for fetching API,... it works fine, perfectly. But when i use fetch() in my node project, i cant fetch the API, the API seems blocked me (it return Blocked by <the website> ) any idea ? please help ❤️

16 Replies

Joao•6mo ago

Probably CORS

Joao•6mo ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNtFSVU-YTI

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Joao•6mo ago

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS

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.`noob`.OP•6mo ago

then it must say blocked by CORS? instead it just say Blocked... (Browser) idk what is (Browser) mean

Jochem•6mo ago

it'll be so much easier for people to help if you share your code (in a code block, not as a screenshot) and text / screenshots of the error

.`noob`.OP•6mo ago

its just a simple fetch

let absCooked = await fetch("https://myapi.tk/unlock?key=14142aaaffas", {
        "headers": {
          "accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7",
          "accept-language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
          "cache-control": "max-age=0",
          "sec-ch-ua": "\"Opera GX\";v=\"109\", \"Not:A-Brand\";v=\"8\", \"Chromium\";v=\"123\"",
          "sec-ch-ua-mobile": "?0",
          "sec-ch-ua-platform": "\"Windows\"",
          "sec-fetch-dest": "document",
          "sec-fetch-mode": "navigate",
          "sec-fetch-site": "none",
          "sec-fetch-user": "?1",
          "upgrade-insecure-requests": "1"
        },
        "referrerPolicy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
        "body": null,
        "method": "GET"
      }).then(r => r.text()).then(r => console.log(r))

let absCooked = await fetch("https://myapi.tk/unlock?key=14142aaaffas", {
        "headers": {
          "accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7",
          "accept-language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
          "cache-control": "max-age=0",
          "sec-ch-ua": "\"Opera GX\";v=\"109\", \"Not:A-Brand\";v=\"8\", \"Chromium\";v=\"123\"",
          "sec-ch-ua-mobile": "?0",
          "sec-ch-ua-platform": "\"Windows\"",
          "sec-fetch-dest": "document",
          "sec-fetch-mode": "navigate",
          "sec-fetch-site": "none",
          "sec-fetch-user": "?1",
          "upgrade-insecure-requests": "1"
        },
        "referrerPolicy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
        "body": null,
        "method": "GET"
      }).then(r => r.text()).then(r => console.log(r))

i tried edge, opera for the header still same error not really error, the site return this

Blocked by Eggy-Wall.
(Browser)

Blocked by Eggy-Wall.
(Browser)

Jochem•6mo ago

that really looks like you're trying to circumvent a restriction on the API you're adding a ton of headers that you probably pulled from the network tab?

.`noob`.OP•6mo ago

its the same without those header

Jochem•6mo ago

right discussing ways of breaking the TOS for other sites is against Discord TOS

.`noob`.OP•6mo ago

not breaking tbh their site still working for me

Jochem•6mo ago

their site is making legitimate use of their API, and from what I see, you're trying to use their API for your own site

.`noob`.OP•6mo ago

hm that sound right

Jochem•6mo ago

that's usually not allowed. They are clearly trying to restrict you from doing exactly what you're trying to do

.`noob`.OP•6mo ago

but why in the network tab i dont really see any checking to block that

Jochem•6mo ago

that's irrelevant I'm locking this topic, helping you break this other site's TOS can get this server in trouble, so discussion of this topic is simply not allowed in this context

.`noob`.OP•6mo ago

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