# AuthorizationException with python API to remote server **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 24, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authorizationexception-with-python-api-to-remote-server/238514 "2020-06-24T15:05:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yuv\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f0a364/32.png) [@yuv\_c](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yuv_c)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authorizationexception-with-python-api-to-remote-server/238514/1 "2020-06-24T15:05:42Z")
I am trying to use the elasticsearch python API but I get an AuthorizationException every time I run the query. Here is the code: ```auto host = "https:/foo.com/es" client = Elasticsearch(host, api_key='...MY_API_KEY...) resp = client.search( index = "/some_index/_search", body = json.loads(get_query("query_name")), ) ``` The response is 403 AuthorizationException. The query returns the requested data when I run this code: ```auto request_data = json.loads(request_data) url = "/".join(["https:/foo.com/es" ,"some_index/_search"]) res = requests.get( url, json=request_data, timeout=(60, 60), headers={ "Authorization": "...MY_API_KEY..." }, ) res.raise_for_status() return res.json() ``` Any ideas why it doesn't work with the elasticsearch API? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authorizationexception-with-python-api-to-remote-server/238514/2 "2020-06-24T22:11:35Z")
What version of things are you using? ---
**Author:** ![yuv\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f0a364/32.png) [@yuv\_c](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yuv_c)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authorizationexception-with-python-api-to-remote-server/238514/3 "2020-07-08T13:55:47Z")
First - I'm sorry but I can't tell which version of ES the server is running (it's in a different part of my organisation and a different country). When I make the request to find out the basic info of it I get a 403 Error. I solved my first problem, but came across a different problem. First - Here is the solution: ```auto es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch((HOST_URL)) res = es.search( index="some_index", body=request_data, headers={ "Authorization": "ApiKey MY_API_KEY" } ) ``` This returns the requested data. However when I am trying to use the scroll method of the ES python client I'm getting strange results. I have a code block that looks like this: ```auto es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch((HOST_URL)) res = es.search( index="some_index", body=request_data, headers={ "Authorization": "ApiKey MY_API_KEY" }, scroll='20s' ) # DO STUFF WITH THE RES... while len(res["hits"]["hits"]) > 0: scroll_id = res['_scroll_id'] # Could change while scrolling res = es.scroll(body=scroll_id, scroll='20s', headers={ "Authorization": "ApiKey MY_API_KEY" } ) ``` When the scroll() function is called I get a 403 ERROR. These are the logs: ```auto DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:Starting new HTTPS connection (1): ****.services.cloud.****.com:443 DEBUG:urllib3.connectionpool:[https:// ****.services.cloud.****.com:443](https://dashboard.services.cloud. ****.com/) "POST /es/INDEX_NAME/_search?scroll=20s HTTP/1.1" 200 1130281 INFO:elasticsearch:POST [https:// ****.services.cloud.****.com:443/es/INDEX_NAME/_search?scroll=20s](https:// ****.services.cloud.****.com/es/INDEX_NAME/_search?scroll=20s) [status:200 request:4.632s] WARNING:elasticsearch:DELETE [https:// ****.services.cloud.****.com:443/es/_search/scroll](https:// ****.services.cloud.****.com/es/_search/scroll) [status:403 request:0.167s] WARNING:elasticsearch:Undecodable raw error response from server: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) AuthorizationException Traceback (most recent call last) ............... AuthorizationException: AuthorizationException(403, 'Das ist verboten') ``` I checked and I get a scroll\_id the way that I should. I also use the same function (with slight modifications) with a different ES server and this works fine. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authorizationexception-with-python-api-to-remote-server/238514/4 "2020-07-08T21:20:16Z")
403 is an auth error, I would try the username and password with curl to check it works. If not, check the auth details with the team that is running the cluster. ---
**Author:** ![yuv\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f0a364/32.png) [@yuv\_c](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yuv_c)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authorizationexception-with-python-api-to-remote-server/238514/5 "2020-07-09T12:37:37Z")
I will check with them. I tried the same code with the requests library and it gets the same error when I make the second request (first request is a success, I retrieve the data along with a scroll\_id). The same code runs ok on different servers. Since the first request is made to "some\_index": `https:// ****.services.cloud.****.com/es/INDEX_NAME/_search?scroll=20s` and the second goes to the scroll index: `https:// ****.services.cloud.****.com/es/_search/scroll` I'm guessing I don't have authorization for the scroll index. Is that possible? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authorizationexception-with-python-api-to-remote-server/238514/6 "2020-07-12T22:16:07Z")
You may not have permission to scroll, yes. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authorizationexception-with-python-api-to-remote-server/238514/7 "2020-08-09T22:17:26Z")
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