TomSchimansky / TomSchimansky/TkinterMapView

get_address returns 403 error

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Description

Running `map_widget.set_address("New York") does not work, returning the error:

Status code 403 from https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search: ERROR - 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=New+York&format=jsonv2&addressdetails=1&limit=1

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Start by reproducing map_widget.set_address("New York") and inspect the code path that requests https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search. Determine why the request receives HTTP 403 and verify that address lookup succeeds without breaking the existing response handling.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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