[GH-ISSUE #659] [FBref] 403 Error #130

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opened 2026-03-02 15:56:03 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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2026-03-02 15:56:03 +03:00

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Originally created by @babu-akhil on GitHub (Aug 3, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/659

I know this issue was closed before but I'm facing the same issue again. Running latest version 1.8.1, Error message posted below:

Error while scraping https://fbref.com/en/comps/. Retrying... (attempt 1 of 5).                                                                              
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                    
 File                                                                                
"/home/coderman400/Workspaces/env/lib/python3.9/site-packages/soccerdata/_common.py", line 525, in _download_and_save                           
   response.raise_for_status()                                                       
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"/home/coderman400/Workspaces/env/lib/python3.9/site-packages/requests/               
models.py", line 1024, in raise_for_status                                            
   raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)                                    
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url:                   
https://fbref.com/en/comps/

This is my first time using the library and I didnt get any successful responses from fbref, so its not a rate limiting issue. Other sources are working fine. Would appreciate if someone can check if its just me or is it reproducible?

Originally created by @babu-akhil on GitHub (Aug 3, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/659 I know this issue was closed before but I'm facing the same issue again. Running latest version 1.8.1, Error message posted below: ``` Error while scraping https://fbref.com/en/comps/. Retrying... (attempt 1 of 5). Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/coderman400/Workspaces/env/lib/python3.9/site-packages/soccerdata/_common.py", line 525, in _download_and_save response.raise_for_status() File "/home/coderman400/Workspaces/env/lib/python3.9/site-packages/requests/ models.py", line 1024, in raise_for_status raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self) requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://fbref.com/en/comps/ ``` This is my first time using the library and I didnt get any successful responses from fbref, so its not a rate limiting issue. Other sources are working fine. Would appreciate if someone can check if its just me or is it reproducible?