Adding my site key - Unable to parse data from service response. - 403 forbidden

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September 21, 2023 at 11:10 am #14437935
alexW-27	When I add my site key I get the message "Unable to parse data from service response.". This is because the request to WPML is returning a 403 forbidden response.
September 21, 2023 at 11:38 am #14438157
Mohamed Sayed	Hi Alex, Thanks for contacting WPML support. Our systems team just fixed another issue that might be related, could you please try again and check if the issue is resolved? Kind regards, Mohamed
September 21, 2023 at 12:10 pm #14438529
alexW-27	Hi, Unfortunately I have the same problem. Thanks, Joaquim
September 21, 2023 at 12:50 pm #14439175
alexW-27	It seems the problem was the User Agent being set in the request to hidden link. I have fixed it with this filter: // The default User Agent is 'WordPress/6.3.1; $SITE_URL' // This fails if the SITE_URL is hidden link add_filter('http_headers_useragent', function ($user_agent) { return 'WordPress/6.3.1'; });