403 Forbidden from WordPress server despite valid API key

[bdbuffalo-glitch]

Hello,

I'm getting 403 Forbidden errors when accessing the Congress.gov API from my WordPress server, but my API key works perfectly in my web browser.

Details:

• Organization: Farm Protection Alliance
• Website: https://farmprotectusa.org
• API Key: [it would be here]

What works:
✅ API works in my web browser
✅ API key is valid and active

What doesn't work:
❌ WordPress server requests get 403 Forbidden
❌ Tried different User-Agent headers
❌ Tried both wp_remote_get and cURL
❌ Got new API key - still 403

This appears to be an IP-based block. Could my server's IP address be whitelisted for API access?

Thank you!

[mnewatloc]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We're investigating.

[mnewatloc]

It seems that Cloudflare doesn't see this as a user in browser, but rather a scraper and is blocking it as such.

Can you email me at mnew@loc.gov and provide a backend IP for us to review?