Plugin not working: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden error

I have the same issue. Here is the complete message I get:

The web service endpoint returned a “HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden” response

It appears to be triggered in line 248 of phpFlickr.php

I ended up installing curl and that fixed the problem.

I just tripped over this, too (and worked around the issue by installing php5-curl).

For those who are interested, I believe the underlying issue is that, as other threads have pointed out, the unencrypted (i.e. http, not https) API is being shut down. The code leading to this error appears to perform manual socket open/write/read stuff in the absence of curl functions, but it’s hard-coded to open a socket on port 80 (http). Unfortunately the solution isn’t as easy as just changing to port 443, since now the communications all need to be encrypted, so simple fputs/fgets calls won’t cut it.

The answer might be that curl is now *required* for this plugin, and the plugin settings page should loudly indicate an error if it’s not present.

A secondary action item would be to adjust this so it doesn’t prevent the rest of the content in a post from being displayed just on account of failure here. Perhaps a suitable $response can be returned instead of just die(), and that’d allow things to carry on?

Please excuse my lack of knowledge, but how do you install curl? I’m receiving the same error. THanks!

how do you install curl?

That will depend on your hosting platform. I, for instance, run a debian web server, so accomplished this by running sudo aptitude install php5-curl .

Other platforms will vary. If you’re on shared hosting, you might be at the mercy of asking the host if they’ll install it for you. Sorry I can’t provide more assistance (at least without more information).

Seems that using phpFlickr without CURL doesn’t work. Now I updated phpFlickr with the new version, and seems to work also without CURL.

Sorry for the problems but is not related to the plugin itself, but to the module (i.e. phpFlickr) that it uses.

Let me know if with 3.1.4 all works correclty

No, I’m afraid 3.1.4 does not work, still get the “No Photos” error.
https://www.richardpittam.com/wildaperture/blog/index.php/my-flickr-images/
Thanks.
Richard.

Can you get me the set/photostream code that you’re trying to display?

Hi, I am a new user, but having the same issue. 7/14/2014

The web service endpoint returned a “HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden” response at SETTINGS SAVE.

I have verified that my host is running CURL.

If there’s any directions that I can present to my rackspace host, that would be appreciated. I have no SSL on the site.

MattO.

Hello everybody,

I had the some problem and found the solution. The plugin (Flickr Photostream) works good, but my customer had another Flickr plugin installed with the old version of the PHP Class phpFlickr.

So check if you have any other plugins that have ‘phpFlickr.php’ in it and deactivate them.

Oh Eelco, you have right! Probably I can rename the phpFlickr class to avoid those situations!

For mttorley, Flickr doesn’t accept connections without SSL

Hope this will be the solution it still does not work on my WP

example:
https://limagerit.fr/archives/944

Flickr API error: SSL is required

Thanks Eelco!

This worked for me;

Deactivate all other flickr plugins. Well i did this with Flickr Gallery the problem was solved.

It does not work here. First photo is loaded correct but she clicking in navigation to next photo the screen remains black and the navigation is not loaded