KPN.com.ini does not work anymore since 12/2/2026

I tried and followed you example, but still the 403 ERROR remains. I use now:  <user-agent>Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:147.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/147.0</user-agent>  => See enclosed screenshot.

I used your files and also i've the same kpn.com.ini file you refer to. But the program starts and then i've got the same 403 error message =>

Also you use "<filename>/home/ubuntu/Scrivania/.wg++/guide.xml</filename>" this should be "<filename>guide.xml</filename>" in my case? That's what i used before and did work. But however, when i change this i get the same error. See attachments. What could be wrong? I run WebGrab on a Raspberry Pi 4.

Thx Mat. I do not understand exactly what you meant. I use my own license line and the program starts, but i got still the 403 error.  See screenshot from today. I do not understand why it works on your system and not on my Pi4. What can i do more to resolve this?  =>

However, the main conclusion is that KPN grabbing on a Pi 4 is currently broken.
The site systematically blocks Linux environments with Dotnet 6.
I guess because i get 403 Forbidden, KPN has blacklisted my IP address for 24 hours. See:
https://github.com/SilentButeo2/webgrabplus-siteinipack/blob/master/User_contributions/Manual%20EPG%20gids%20op%20Pi.pdf
(EPG on Pi4 manual).

Newer KPN ini's often require Dotnet 8/9 or specific headers that are currently blocking on my Pi 4 setup.

With the browser i get the same message: Forbidden => So KPN blocked my IP or Pi4 because of the use of .NET 6 i suppose.

tvgids.nl does work, although slowly. I'll try to use update="n" instad of "i".

i = Incremental (but works like 'Force'): Contrary to what the name suggests,
i forces the grabber to ignore the existing data in your guide and redownload everything from the site.
Because tvgids.nl is slow, this takes a very long time with 17 channels because it re-downloads everything each time.

The modern version of this grabber uses numeric IDs. 
If you use names instead of numbers, the grabber can't find the data on the TVGids.nl website,
resulting in empty guides for those channels.

So i must use f.e.:

<channel update="n" site="tvgids.nl" site_id="34" xmltv_id="RTL 7">RTL 7</channel>
<channel update="n" site="tvgids.nl" site_id="37" xmltv_id="NET 5">NET 5</channel>

Via my IP KPN is blocked. Via VPN of another iP adres it isn't. See screenshots. Now i use tvgids.nl. That works fine at the moment.

The Netherlands (Nederland)

Yes, I wrote on Monday Feb 16 (13:07 hr): My IP KPN is blocked. Via VPN of another iP adres it isn't. See screenshots.

Now i use tvgids.nl. That works fine at the moment.

=> I guess mayby to many attempts with the EPG script or the use of .NET 6. The test "

https://api-avs67.tv.prod.itvavs.prod.aws.kpn.com/.../LIVECHANNELS " says "Forbidden" at my IP, but via my work phone or via VPN there is no problem.

So my conclusion is:

Too many requests (rate limiting / scraping detection)

WebGrab can easily:

• make hundreds of requests per run
• run multiple times per day
• perform retries when errors occur

KPN’s API may interpret this as:

“automated scraping / abuse”

➡️ Your IP may be placed on a temporary blocklist
➡️ Result: HTTP 403 Forbidden

This is by far the most likely cause.

Thx Mat, At the moment I'm still blocked. But I will try after a week or so.