# New to API, 403 Errors

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-api-403-errors/67841>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [August 10, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-api-403-errors/67841 "2017-08-10T22:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-api-403-errors/67841/2 "2017-08-10T22:09:22Z")

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I believe that the api\_key and api\_username shoud go as GET params and not as form data.

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