receiving 403: Forbidden error codes when trying to load etf

[msmith6307]

started receiving 403 errors over the last two days when trying to load etf data
was previously working
updated to etfpy 1.0.20 but still seeing the issue.
using - Python 3.11.5

from etfpy import ETF, load_etf, get_available_etfs_list
etfs = get_available_etfs_list()
etfs [works did not copy output here]
spy = ETF("SPY")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "C:\Users\msmit\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\etfpy\etf.py", line 19, in init
super().init(ticker)
File "C:\Users\msmit\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\etfpy\client\etf_client.py", line 55, in init
self._soup = self._make_soup_request()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\msmit\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\etfpy\client\etf_client.py", line 84, in _make_soup_request
raise Exception(f"response {response.status_code}: {response.reason}")
Exception: response 403: Forbidden
spy.info
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
NameError: name 'spy' is not defined
vwo = load_etf('VWO')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "C:\Users\msmit\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\etfpy\etf.py", line 353, in load_etf
return ETF(etf)
^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\msmit\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\etfpy\etf.py", line 19, in init
super().init(ticker)
File "C:\Users\msmit\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\etfpy\client\etf_client.py", line 55, in init
self._soup = self._make_soup_request()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\msmit\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\etfpy\client\etf_client.py", line 84, in _make_soup_request
raise Exception(f"response {response.status_code}: {response.reason}")
Exception: response 403: Forbidden

[tavaskor]

updated to etfpy 1.0.20 but still seeing the issue.

This issue also applies to other programmatic access to etfdb ; e.g., https://github.com/lvxhnat/pyetfdb-scraper

[npreiser]

same here , worked a about 10 days ago for me, bummer,