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Getting 403 error when sending the API request

  • April 9, 2026
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Elvira13

 

 

We have a tool, Help Desk Migration, that supports the automatic migration from and to Zendesk.

 

Recently, we have been encountering the issue with getting the 403 error when sending the API requests to Zendesk.

If we use the method GET on these endpoints:

help_center/user_segments
help_center/locales
help_center/categories/{category_id}/translations/missing
help_center/sections/{section_id}/translations/missing

 

And the token of the Zendesk instance where we send the request is expired, we get the error 403. However, the error we should be getting is 401, not 403.

 

The same happens if we use the methods GET and POST at these endpoints:

help_center/articles
help_center/categories
help_center/sections
help_center/categories/{category_id}/translations
help_center/sections/{section_id}/translations
help_center/articles/{article_id}/translations
help_center/articles/{article_id}/bulk_attachments
Also, the same error when deleting article using help_center/articles/{article_id}

 

We get the 403 error when the Zendesk token is expired, though we should be getting 401.

 

Is it possible to fix it?

2 replies

Greg K
  • Employee
  • April 23, 2026

Hi Elvira,

Thanks for raising this issue with us! I’ll do some testing on my side to see if I can replicate and then I’ll bring it to the appropriate teams if I can. Have you created a ticket with our Advocacy team yet? If not, I’ll get one created to discuss the next steps.


Elvira13
  • Author
  • Newcomer
  • April 24, 2026

Hi Greg,

 

Thank you for looking into that! I haven’t created a ticket with your Advocacy team. I was told to create a request here:)