# Curl error 52: Empty reply from server

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/curl-error-52-empty-reply-from-server/66880>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/curl-error-52-empty-reply-from-server/66880 "2022-10-04T17:09:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![YT\_Xaos](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/yt_xaos/32/45201_2.png) [@YT\_Xaos](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/YT_Xaos)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/curl-error-52-empty-reply-from-server/66880/3 "2022-10-04T17:13:11Z")

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I believe the problem you are running into is a direct cause of this.

> [@Ensuring only web browsers can access your website](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ensuring-only-web-browsers-can-access-your-website/49353):
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> InfinityFree is a website hosting service. That means that the hosting accounts we provided are intended for hosting websites. Websites contain pages that are accessed through web browsers. InfinityFree is not intended to be used for file sharing, API hosting, database hosting or background tasks/tools. To help enforce this, free hosting enforces a security system that makes sure that anyone trying to access your website is using a normal web browser. This is done by checking whether the web br…

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