requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2/positions

Alpaca Trading
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Hi,

I am repeatedly getting the 403 forbidden error. As per this, the basic issue looks to be a mismatch of keys and urls (I have a paid subscription and the keys are not stale, so this looks to be the only way this could happen).

I am pasting my relevant piece of code here. Can someone check and see whether this is correct or not (this has been borrowed heavily from this link):

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TRADE_API_KEY = ‘PAPER KEY’
TRADE_API_SECRET = ‘PAPER SECRET KEY’
TRADE_API_URL = “https://api.alpaca.markets”

CLIENT = OptionHistoricalDataClient(TRADE_API_KEY, TRADE_API_SECRET)
CLIENT_STOCK = StockHistoricalDataClient(TRADE_API_KEY, TRADE_API_SECRET)

PAPER = True
if PAPER:
TRADE_CLIENT =
TradingClient(api_key=TRADE_API_KEY, secret_key=TRADE_API_SECRET, paper=PAPER, url_override=None)
else:
TRADE_CLIENT = TradingClient(api_key=TRADE_API_KEY, secret_key=TRADE_API_SECRET, paper=PAPER, url_override=TRADE_API_URL)

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What exactly is wrong with this piece of code?

Thanks

2

I have been querying current positions and repeatedly closing them in my script and all these problems happen when I do the same. I place some orders and in order to measure the effectiveness of my strategy, I immediately go over the positions object, see the price in which I got filled and then close out my current positions so that I can do the same analysis for my next trade afresh.

These problems happen when I continually query my positions and close them out.

Now, I have come up with a new approach in which I will simply place these trades and measure their effectiveness post market close, by getting current positions. This way, I do not need to continually query current positions and close them. I believe that this approach makes sense.

Just updating so that it will be helpful for everyone.