Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials? 403 Error

Describe the problem/error/question

What is the error message (if any)? - 403 Error

Please share your workflow

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "formTitle": "Work with us ",
        "formDescription": "Provide your details below and we'll get in touch ",
        "formFields": {
          "values": [
            {
              "fieldLabel": "What is your name ? ",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldLabel": "What is your company website ?",
              "placeholder": "e.g. https://promunch.in",
              "requiredField": true
            },
            {
              "fieldLabel": "What can we help you with ?",
              "requiredField": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 2.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "id": "5ce5e2b5-f717-482e-af7d-a6dcc58ea2ce",
      "name": "On form submission",
      "webhookId": "41e7e445-a984-4899-a5a9-74337db3a86c"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://api-d7b62b.stack.tryrelevance.com/latest/studios/6e1763c2-24a1-451e-903b-dcca895db00d/trigger_limited",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "={{ { \"params\": { \"company_url\": $json[\"What is your company website ?\"], \"project\": \"7013b30e-409f-4939-a1bb-be7f708080dd\" } } }}",
        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        208,
        0
      ],
      "id": "02cb3783-e730-4430-9d82-6637f2de931e",
      "name": "HTTP Request"
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "On form submission": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "HTTP Request",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "pinData": {},
  "meta": {
    "instanceId": "113f847fcd1dbd86585856d3edfb0fad3f0bfde0a82cc0bb5d4b82c56f954121"
  }
}```


## Share the output returned by the last node

{
  "errorMessage": "Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials?",
  "errorDescription": "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd\">\n<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV=\"Content-Type\" CONTENT=\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\">\n<TITLE>ERROR: The request could not be satisfied</TITLE>\n</HEAD><BODY>\n<H1>403 ERROR</H1>\n<H2>The request could not be satisfied.</H2>\n<HR noshade size=\"1px\">\nBad request.\nWe can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner.\n<BR clear=\"all\">\nIf you provide content to customers through CloudFront, you can find steps to troubleshoot and help prevent this error by reviewing the CloudFront documentation.\n<BR clear=\"all\">\n<HR noshade size=\"1px\">\n<PRE>\nGenerated by cloudfront (CloudFront)\nRequest ID: R-63O5_sqoZ55bwwHUOHFivoovGLIBExLYSiSb79kllJ-vTamU5B1A==\n</PRE>\n<ADDRESS>\n</ADDRESS>\n</BODY></HTML>",
  "errorDetails": {
    "rawErrorMessage": [
      "403 - \"<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \\\"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\\\" \\\"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd\\\">\\n<HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV=\\\"Content-Type\\\" CONTENT=\\\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\\\">\\n<TITLE>ERROR: The request could not be satisfied</TITLE>\\n</HEAD><BODY>\\n<H1>403 ERROR</H1>\\n<H2>The request could not be satisfied.</H2>\\n<HR noshade size=\\\"1px\\\">\\nBad request.\\nWe can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner.\\n<BR clear=\\\"all\\\">\\nIf you provide content to customers through CloudFront, you can find steps to troubleshoot and help prevent this error by reviewing the CloudFront documentation.\\n<BR clear=\\\"all\\\">\\n<HR noshade size=\\\"1px\\\">\\n<PRE>\\nGenerated by cloudfront (CloudFront)\\nRequest ID: R-63O5_sqoZ55bwwHUOHFivoovGLIBExLYSiSb79kllJ-vTamU5B1A==\\n</PRE>\\n<ADDRESS>\\n</ADDRESS>\\n</BODY></HTML>\""
    ],
    "httpCode": "403"
  },
  "n8nDetails": {
    "nodeName": "HTTP Request",
    "nodeType": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
    "nodeVersion": 4.2,
    "itemIndex": 0,
    "time": "7/24/2025, 4:06:40 PM",
    "n8nVersion": "1.103.2 (Cloud)",
    "binaryDataMode": "filesystem",
    "stackTrace": [
      "NodeApiError: Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials?",
      "    at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@[email protected]_asn1.js@5_1af219c3f47f2a1223ec4ccec249a974/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest/V3/HttpRequestV3.node.ts:780:15)",
      "    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)",
      "    at WorkflowExecute.runNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@[email protected][email protected][email protected]_/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1211:9)",
      "    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@[email protected][email protected][email protected]_/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1581:27",
      "    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@[email protected][email protected][email protected]_/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:2157:11"
    ]
  }
}
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## Information on your n8n setup
- **n8n version:** : `1.103.2 (Cloud)`
- **Database (default: SQLite):**
- **n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**
- **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):** : n8n cloud
- **Operating system:** : MacOS

Hi there, your error seems it’s becaue you haven’t put the API key or maybe the API key is wrong, can you maybe check that?
the issue should be solely on how you setup the credentials

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hi there, if i help solve your question please mark my answer as the solution @Khush_Mutha

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