Error 403 on kiteticker, am I getting the wrong public token?

healthsecure15

Hi,

I have gone through the documentation, refreshed access token multiple times however Kiteticker still says error 403.

Please let me know what could be wrong and whether there is anything I am missing here.

api_key = 'XXXXX'  
api_secret = 'XXXXXX'

# Log in on website and get token:
kite = KiteConnect(api_key)
# Launch browser login to get request_token
tkn = input('Enter request Token')

user = kite.generate_session(tkn,api_secret)


kite.set_access_token(user['access_token'])

# is the user['access_token'] the public token required to login to KiteTicker?

kws = KiteTicker(api_key,user['access_token'])


def on_ticks(ws, ticks):
    # Callback for tick reception.
    print(ticks)


# Connect callback
def on_connect(ws, response):
    # Callback for successful connection.
    # Subscribe to a list of instrument_tokens
    # (RELIANCE:BSE and INFOSYS:BSE here).
    tokens = [
        153683204,
        153653508,
    ]
    ws.subscribe(tokens)
    # Set all symbols to tick in `full` mode.
    ws.set_mode(ws.MODE_FULL, tokens)
    print('Connected!')


kws.on_ticks = on_ticks
kws.on_connect = on_connect
kws.connect()

sujith

An access token is valid for one whole day. You don't need to generate it every time you run the script.
A request token is valid only for a couple of minutes and can be used only once.
Once you have an access token store it and re-use it until it is expired.

In the above code, you just need to remove generate session. You should only call it when the existing access token is expired.

healthsecure15

@sujith I keep getting the error 403, do I need to have a subscription to Historical API? Is that why it might be giving this error?

akshay_thakker

@sujith , is there a way to check if the token is valid after the command
kws = KiteTicker(api_key,user['access_token'])?
The reason I ask, is that I cannot manually refresh the token every 24 hours, and the only option is to then generate a token every time I run kiteticker which is an unnecessary burden on the api server as well as time wasted in gettign the ticks at my end.

sujith

@akshay_thakker,
It is mandatory by the exchange that a user has to log in manually at least once a day. We don't recommend automating login flow.

sujith

Once you see 403 in any of the API calls, it is suggested to login and continue.