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Imgur upload error

I am using Imgur to upload photos from my site.

This is my code 

$client_id = '*********';

$image = file_get_contents($_FILES['update_profile_photo']['tmp_name']);

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.imgur.com/3/image.json');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Authorization: Client-ID $client_id"));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, array('image' => base64_encode($image)));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);

$reply = curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

$reply = json_decode($reply);

echo "<h3>Image</h3>";
printf('<img height="180" src="%s" >', $reply->data->link);

echo "<h3>API Debug</h3><pre>";
var_dump($reply);

When I first upload a file it printed out the image. But from the next try I am unable to view the file and in laravel I get an error like this

enter image description here

when clear printf('<img height="180" src="%s" >', $reply->data->link); to check the result of var_dump(), it gives me like this

object(stdClass)#219 (3) {
  ["data"]=>
  object(stdClass)#215 (3) {
    ["error"]=>
    object(stdClass)#212 (4) {
      ["code"]=>
      int(1016)
      ["message"]=>
      string(27) "Banned country attempt (IN)"
      ["type"]=>
      string(16) "Exception_Logged"
      ["exception"]=>
      array(0) {
      }
    }
    ["request"]=>
    string(13) "/3/image.json"
    ["method"]=>
    string(4) "POST"
  }
  ["success"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["status"]=>
  int(400)
}

I am living in India (It is telling in message that Banned Country attempt)
I want to know how to fix this error? Why first time it worked and now it dont.

I am in localhost, didnt host yet.
Is this problem of my code?

Please tell me how to fix this

Solution

  • Imgur is blocked in India, so you are unable to access the API.

    The only reliable way to fix this, is to access the API through a proxy.

    Source: http://thehackernews.com/2015/01/indian-government-blocks-32-sites.html