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InfinityFree Forum [Unofficial]
June 2, 2026
Why isn't API access working on my website? Websites and PHP
> If you’re trying to use APIs on your InfinityFree website and they’re not working, this is due to our browser security system that’s required on all free hosting accounts. What’s happening? InfinityFree uses a security system that requires JavaScript and cookies to access websites. APIs and automated tools typically can’t execute JavaScript or store cookies, so they get blocked by the security system. When API clients try to connect, they usually receive a “403 Forbidden” error or a HTML respo…
The security challenge only appears on your website for a split second to verify that you are a real user using a real browser to access the page. It won’t block you or anyone in any kind of way if they are using a browser; the security challenge is to verify that you are using a browser, not to verify that you are one single user, so you can let your students use it with no problem.
The only problem is that I’m afraid that if too many students visit your website at the same time and access a lot of pages, it can spike your CPU limit and your daily hit usage, which if you do, it will temporarily suspend your website for 1 day.
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