Receiving "Stream encountered HTTP error: 403" when using Twitter API. What is causing this error and how can I fix it?

I am very new to using the Twitter API and was testing some Python code (below)

from tweepy import OAuthHandler from tweepy import Stream import twitter_credentials class StdOutListener(Stream): def on_data(self, data): print(data) return True def on_error(self, status): print(status) twitter_stream = StdOutListener( twitter_credentials.CONSUMER_KEY, twitter_credentials.CONSUMER_KEY_SECERET, twitter_credentials.ACCESS_TOKEN, twitter_credentials.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECERET ) twitter_stream.filter(track=['#bitcoin']) 

but whenever I try to run it, it would give this repeating error "Stream encountered HTTP error: 403". I checked the Twitter API response codes and error 403 was listed as the request is forbidden.

Here are some troubleshooting steps I already took:

1. tried new access keys/consumer keys
2. tried to create a new developer account
3. uninstall and reinstall tweepy

None of these worked for me. So what is causing this error and how can I fix it? Thank you.

1 Answer

If you have Essential access, you won’t be able to access Twitter API v1.1.

See the FAQ section about this in Tweepy's documentation for more information.