# 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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**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-api-403-errors/67841/7 "2017-08-11T01:34:01Z")

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> [@Falco](#):
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> I believe that the api\_key and api\_username shoud go as GET params and not as form data.

If you are making a put/post request they can also go in the body.

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