“An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host” when accessing Photobucket API

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When using the Photobucket API, it says...

[SocketException (0x2746): An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host] System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags) +139
System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size) +146

Any ideas what to do here?

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c#.netapinetworkingphotobucket
So... what endpoint do you use? What code does issue that request? What does a tool like Fiddler or Postman say about the same request? What does your browser say about going to api.photobucket.com? Please read How to Ask and include all relevant information in your question. But it does seem like their API is down. – CodeCaster
Why do you think their API is down? – Ian Warburton
Because the server closes the connection. It could also occur after it receives a request with an incorrect or missing API key, but I know as much as is in your question. – CodeCaster
ok, I'm going with the former for now, as this code has worked fine for many years. :) – Ian Warburton

2 Answers

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I asked by Photobucket and they said: photobucket api is disabled for external using.

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I reached out to Photobucket and got this response:

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to us. Unfortunately, at this time we are not allowing outside parties to access the Photobucket API.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Please let us know if you have any additional questions

Thank you.

So sounds like it's a policy change.