Hello,
I am having a persistent issue with my API endpoint being blocked or intercepted by what appears to be the hosting provider’s anti-bot/DDoS protection script.
1. Goal:
I am running a tracking data API endpoint (data_receiver.php) that is designed to receive raw JSON data via a POST request and store it in the MySQL database.
2. API Endpoint URL:
https://sgvstudio.great-site.net/projects/sgv-tracker-1759840484/api/data_receiver.php
3. Observed Problem:
When I send a POST request to this URL from a client application (or even using a server-side cURL request run from another PHP file on the same hosting account), the endpoint does not return the expected JSON response (e.g., {“status”:“success”, “message”:“…”}).
Instead, the response body contains a large block of HTML/JavaScript, which appears to be a security challenge page:
<html><body><script type="text/javascript" src="/aes.js" ></script><script>...</script><noscript>This site requires Javascript to work, please enable Javascript in your browser or use a browser with Javascript support</noscript></body></html>
This HTML response is what breaks my client application, as it expects a JSON object.
4. Troubleshooting Steps Taken:
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The PHP code for
data_receiver.phpis confirmed to be working perfectly when run on a local machine (localhost). -
The API accepts raw JSON data directly (no Base64 encoding).
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The
Content-Type: application/jsonheader is correctly sent with thePOSTrequest. -
I attempted to replicate the request using an internal server-side cURL request (PHP-to-PHP on the same account) to rule out external client issues, and the same HTML challenge page was returned.
5. Request:
Is there a way to whitelist this specific API endpoint URL from the aggressive anti-bot/DDoS checks, or is there a specific folder/subdomain path that is known to allow raw API traffic without intervention?
This is a critical function for my application, and I would appreciate any guidance on how to allow machine-to-machine traffic to reach this script.
Thank you for your help!