API Forbidden 403 Error

[guptaronav]

picklePicker--------------------------------------------------------------------
HTTPError Traceback (most recent call last)
in
772 welcome()
773 elif state == 1:
--> 774 enter_a_word()
775 elif state == 2:
776 play()

in enter_a_word()
289 #Return if Single Player
290 if active_sp == True:
--> 291 initialize_game()
292 state = 2
293 return

in initialize_game()
426 invalidTries = []
427 wordToGuess=().lower()
--> 428 wordDefinition = lookup_dictionary(wordToGuess)[0]
429
430 for i in range(0,len(wordToGuess),1):

in lookup_dictionary(word)
605 audiofileURL=getAudioURL()
606 print(audiofileURL)
--> 607 downloadMP3FromURL(audiofileURL)
608 short_def = response.json()[0]['shortdef']
609 print("short_def:",short_def)

in downloadMP3FromURL(url)
620 # Download an mp3 file
621 print("downloading mp3 file....")
--> 622 urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, filename)
623
624 def pronounce():

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py in urlretrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)
245 url_type, path = splittype(url)
246
--> 247 with contextlib.closing(urlopen(url, data)) as fp:
248 headers = fp.info()
249

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py in urlopen(url, data, timeout, cafile, capath, cadefault, context)
220 else:
221 opener = _opener
--> 222 return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
223
224 def install_opener(opener):

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py in open(self, fullurl, data, timeout)
529 for processor in self.process_response.get(protocol, []):
530 meth = getattr(processor, meth_name)
--> 531 response = meth(req, response)
532
533 return response

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py in http_response(self, request, response)
639 if not (200 <= code < 300):
640 response = self.parent.error(
--> 641 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
642
643 return response

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py in error(self, proto, *args)
567 if http_err:
568 args = (dict, 'default', 'http_error_default') + orig_args
--> 569 return self._call_chain(*args)
570
571 # XXX probably also want an abstract factory that knows when it makes

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py in _call_chain(self, chain, kind, meth_name, *args)
501 for handler in handlers:
502 func = getattr(handler, meth_name)
--> 503 result = func(*args)
504 if result is not None:
505 return result

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/urllib/request.py in http_error_default(self, req, fp, code, msg, hdrs)
647 class HTTPDefaultErrorHandler(BaseHandler):
648 def http_error_default(self, req, fp, code, msg, hdrs):
--> 649 raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
650
651 class HTTPRedirectHandler(BaseHandler):

HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
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[guptaronav]

According to RFC 7231: The 403 (Forbidden) status code indicates that the server understood the request but refuses to authorize it. The 403 response belongs to the 4xx range of HTTP responses: Client errors. This means either you, or your browser, did something wrong.