Getting Forbidden 403 error when calling client.get_me(user_auth=False)

[allen-kira]

Question

Hey, I'm getting forbidden 403 error when calling client.get_me(user_auth=False), the full code is attached below. Any help would be appreciated!

Relevant Code

import flask
import tweepy
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

TWITTER_CLIENT_ID=os.getenv("TWITTER_CLIENT_ID_1")
TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET=os.getenv("TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET_1")
TWITTER_REDIRECT_URI=os.getenv("TWITTER_REDIRECT_URI")

app = flask.Flask(__name__)

oauth2_user_handler = tweepy.OAuth2UserHandler(
    client_id=TWITTER_CLIENT_ID,
    client_secret=TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET,
    redirect_uri=TWITTER_REDIRECT_URI,
    scope=["users.read"]
)
twitter_authorize_url = (oauth2_user_handler.get_authorization_url())

@app.route('/')
def login():
    return flask.redirect(twitter_authorize_url)

@app.route('/oauth/callback')
def callback():

    state = flask.request.args.get('state')
    code = flask.request.args.get('code')
    access_denied = flask.request.args.get('error')

    if access_denied:
        return "the OAuth request was denied by this user"

    response_url_from_app = '{}?state={}&code={}'.format(TWITTER_REDIRECT_URI, state, code)

    try:
        twitter_access_token = oauth2_user_handler.fetch_token(
            response_url_from_app,
            )['access_token']

        client = tweepy.Client(twitter_access_token)
        user = client.get_me(user_auth=False)
        # message = " MESSAGE "
        # client.create_tweet(text=message, user_auth=False)

        return flask.jsonify(user.data)

    except Exception as e:
        return str(e)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    os.environ['OAUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT'] = '1'
    app.run(debug=True, port=8080)

Traceback

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1498, in __call__
    return self.wsgi_app(environ, start_response)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1476, in wsgi_app
    response = self.handle_exception(e)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1473, in wsgi_app
    response = self.full_dispatch_request()
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 882, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 880, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.dispatch_request()
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 865, in dispatch_request
    return self.ensure_sync(self.view_functions[rule.endpoint])(**view_args)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/allen/Documents/kira/usecase/pdv/twitter_oauth.py", line 41, in callback
    user = client.get_me(user_auth=False)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tweepy/client.py", line 2535, in get_me
    return self._make_request(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tweepy/client.py", line 129, in _make_request
    response = self.request(method, route, params=request_params,
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tweepy/client.py", line 100, in request
    raise Forbidden(response)
tweepy.errors.Forbidden: 403 Forbidden
Forbidden

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Tweepy Version

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Additional Context

There is a similar question without setting user_auth as false, but i have modified that as well.