# Saxo API error: HTTP 403

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The error, as text you can copy:

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HTTP 403
```

- Kind: API error code
- HTTP status: 403
- API: [Saxo OpenAPI](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/saxo)
- Status: verified. Source: [developer.saxo](https://www.developer.saxo/openapi/learn/rate-limiting), checked 2026-10-09.

## What does HTTP 403 mean on the Saxo API?

Forbidden. Saxo's documentation describes one specific case: its network security layer, Akamai, rejects requests from an IP address with a low reputation score before they reach OpenAPI, returning 403 with an HTML body titled Access Denied and a reference number. The block can last from several minutes to permanently.

## How do I fix HTTP 403?

Saxo's page says to review your application's access patterns for excessive duplicate, similar or failing requests and for repeatedly reaching the request quotas, and notes that shared IP addresses are more likely to be blocked. If no cause is found, contact Saxo support and quote the reference number from the 403 response body.

## More on the Saxo API

- [All Saxo API error codes](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/saxo)
- [Saxo API quickstart](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/saxo/quickstart): From credentials to a first call on a demo account, step by step.
- [Saxo API error codes](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors/saxo): 143 decoded, each with what it means, and the fix where the source gives one.
- [Saxo API endpoints](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/saxo/endpoints): 68 documented, each with its method, path, parameters and source.
- [Saxo messages](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/saxo/messages): 5 documented, each with its fields and source.
- [Saxo API page](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers/saxo): The full record: access, authentication, limits and the source for each.

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