Ay! Thank you so much for your very speedy reply. I know I come across as frustrated, it has taken me days of troubleshooting to come to those conclusions and the frustration just mounts and mounts anyway… I have attached below one example of the error I am recieving from one API. My theory is that before the sites recieve my request, the requesting IP is being checked/verified by Cloudflare and Cloudflare is flagging the IP and throwing some sort of captcha or restriction which prevents me from ever making the request.
As to your questions
- They are 403 yes
- I have no way of checking what is blocking the requests since I do not own/develop/manage the APIs that I request
- I have recieved no emails from Cloudflare, I do not use proxies nor do I intend to, it was just a suggested solution to the issue to which I will not be pursuing
- My ticket number is 2493294 I opened it quite recently
Lastly, thank you. I really do appreciate the support and if my theory turns out to be totally and utterly incorrect then I am very sorry for bothering you.