ImgBB not running

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:bullseye: What is your goal?

running ImgBB modules

:thinking: What is the problem & what have you tried?

When running the Imgbb module, an error occurs with the message “You have been forbidden to use this website”.
I ran it with the HTTP module, but the same result occurs even if I run the default ImgBB module.
ImgBB runs normally in other automation tools like n8n. (Only make.com causes an error)

:clipboard: Error messages or input/output bundles

Data couldn’t be processed
Bad Request

{“status_code”:400,“error”:{“message”:“You have been forbidden to use this website.”,“code”:103},“status_txt”:“Bad Request”}

Code: DataError

Origin: HTTP

:camera_with_flash: Screenshots (scenario flow, module settings, errors)

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Hi @Lapsflow

Welcome to the Community.

This issue seems more like the system is detecting automation or bot usage. If the make native module is failing it means the normal http fails the same way because the make native module is just a wrapper around the http. The error is probably because Make.com does a lot of automated requests from a similar IP infrastructure. I expect the issue to be resolved sooner enough.

I could have suggested your imgBB account might be having restrictions but it’s working for n8n. Your n8n is probably working because you’re using a clean cloud instance that hasn’t been flagged.

I recommend you try spoofing the headers of your http module because if ImgBB is only blocking Make’s default identity (User-Agent string) rather than its raw IP infrastructure, you can bypass the block by forcing Make to pretend it’s a standard web browser.

Change your HTTP (Make a request) module and configure it like this:

URL: https://imgbb.com

Method: POST

Body Type: Multipart/form-data

Fields:

Item 1: key = Your ImgBB API Key

Item 2: image = Map your image file or Base64 string

Headers: Add a custom header item:

Key: User-Agent

Value: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

If done correctly it could wear a mask on your request and let you make the call without the error. Let’s have your feedback.

Regards.

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Thank you for your answer.