# Error 404 when i start download **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [3 April 2025 16:43 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483 "2025-04-03T16:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Emilio_Lazzaro)\ **Post date:** [3 April 2025 16:43 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/1 "2025-04-03T16:43:38Z")
Hi everyone, i’m trying to download a data from “reanalysis-era5-land” and i need to save the UID e API key in a .cdsapirc file, but when i try to open “our API” a white page it opens. How can i find my UID? ---
**Author:** ![Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Michela)\ **Post date:** [3 April 2025 16:49 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/2 "2025-04-03T16:49:34Z")
Hi, please go on your profile page and scroll down to the API token: ![API token](https://forum.ecmwf.int/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0b69766f1038ccf6a0b7058d24c012940c322914.png) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Emilio_Lazzaro)\ **Post date:** [3 April 2025 16:57 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/3 "2025-04-03T16:57:43Z")
But when i try to start the python code an error occur: HTTPError: 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/retrieve/v1/processes/reanalysis-era5-land](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/retrieve/v1/processes/reanalysis-era5-land) ---
**Author:** ![Lamont\_Bain](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eada6e/32.png) [@Lamont\_Bain](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Lamont_Bain)\ **Post date:** [3 April 2025 22:07 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/4 "2025-04-03T22:07:05Z")
I am getting the same error for trying to download the pressure levels 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/retrieve/v1/processes/reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/retrieve/v1/processes/reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels) ---
**Author:** ![Ainhoa\_Vilanova](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@Ainhoa\_Vilanova](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Ainhoa_Vilanova)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 08:07 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/5 "2025-04-04T08:07:52Z")
Hello, I have the same problem with another dataset and I can’t manage to find the right documentation. 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/retrieve/v1/processes/reanalysis-era5-single-levels](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2/retrieve/v1/processes/reanalysis-era5-single-levels) ---
**Author:** ![Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Michela)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 08:25 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/6 "2025-04-04T08:25:21Z")
Hi, did you use as URL: [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Ainhoa\_Vilanova](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@Ainhoa\_Vilanova](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Ainhoa_Vilanova)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 08:41 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/7 "2025-04-04T08:41:17Z")
Yes, in the $HOME directory ? ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Emilio_Lazzaro)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 10:49 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/8 "2025-04-04T10:49:39Z")
This link unfortunately redirects me to a page not found ---
**Author:** ![Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Michela)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 11:05 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/9 "2025-04-04T11:05:35Z")
Hi, please use in your .cdsapirc: url: [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api) key: API token Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Emilio_Lazzaro)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 12:01 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/10 "2025-04-04T12:01:20Z")
Alreaduy page not found, i can’t find my API token because the page can’t open from yesterday ---
**Author:** ![Ainhoa\_Vilanova](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@Ainhoa\_Vilanova](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Ainhoa_Vilanova)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 13:00 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/11 "2025-04-04T13:00:05Z")
Same problem, this url doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Michela](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Michela)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 14:50 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/12 "2025-04-04T14:50:47Z")
Hi, the api page is back, please copy exactly the credentials from there (please log in first) and make sure you have the latest API version: [CDSAPI setup - Climate Data Store](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/how-to-api) Michela ECMWF **w:** [ecmwf.int](https://www.ecmwf.int) ---
**Author:** ![Lamont\_Bain](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/eada6e/32.png) [@Lamont\_Bain](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Lamont_Bain)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2025 18:04 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/13 "2025-04-04T18:04:49Z")
Can confirm [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api) is the correct link that I stumbled onto. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Emilio_Lazzaro)\ **Post date:** [7 April 2025 08:18 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/14 "2025-04-07T08:18:40Z")
"import cdsapi dataset = “reanalysis-era5-land”, request = { “variable”: [ “10m\_u\_component\_of\_wind”, “10m\_v\_component\_of\_wind”, “surface\_pressure”, “total\_precipitation”], “year”: [“1950”, “1951”, “1952”, “1953”, “1954”, “1955”, “1956”, “1957”, “1958”, “1959”, “1960”, “1961”, “1962”, “1963”, “1964”, “1965”, “1966”, “1967”, “1968”, “1969”, “1970”, “1971”, “1972”, “1973”, “1974”, “1975”, “1976”, “1977”, “1978”, “1979”, “1980”, “1981”, “1982”, “1983”, “1984”, “1985”, “1986”, “1987”, “1988”, “1989”, “1990”, “1991”, “1992”, “1993”, “1994”, “1995”, “1996”, “1997”, “1998”, “1999”, “2000”, “2001”, “2002”, “2003”, “2004”, “2005”, “2006”, “2007”, “2008”, “2009”, “2010”, “2011”, “2012”, “2013”, “2014”, “2015”, “2016”, “2017”, “2018”, “2019”, “2020”, “2021”, “2022”, “2023”, “2024”], ``` "month": ["01", "02", "03", "04", "05", "06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "11", "12"], "day": ["01", "02", "03","04", "05", "06","07", "08", "09","10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15","16", "17", "18","19", "20", "21","22", "23", "24", "25", "26", "27","28", "29", "30","31"], "time": ["00:00", "01:00", "02:00","03:00", "04:00", "05:00","06:00", "07:00", "08:00", "09:00", "10:00", "11:00","12:00", "13:00", "14:00","15:00", "16:00", "17:00", "18:00", "19:00", "20:00","21:00", "22:00", "23:00"], "data_format": "netcdf", "download_format": "zip", "area": [38.5, 15.5, 37.5, 16.5] ``` } client = cdsapi.Client() client.retrieve(dataset, request).download()" This is my request. An error occur “requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/retrieve/v1/processes/reanalysis-era5-land/execution](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/retrieve/v1/processes/reanalysis-era5-land/execution) cost limits exceeded Your request is too large, please reduce your selection.” So i reduce the selection, until i selected only one year, one month, one day and only one hour, but i obtain the same error. I don’t understand what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lazzaro](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Emilio_Lazzaro)\ **Post date:** [14 April 2025 14:24 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/16 "2025-04-14T14:24:04Z")
Problem still occurs. Any solution? ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Smith](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@Nick\_Smith](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Nick_Smith)\ **Post date:** [16 April 2025 09:02 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/17 "2025-04-16T09:02:06Z")
I am having a similar problem. Trying to download the data with: client = cdsapi.Client( url=‘[https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api)’, key=‘:’ ) dataset = “derived-era5-single-levels-daily-statistics” request = { “product\_type”: “reanalysis”, “variable”: [“2m\_temperature”], “year”: “2010”, “month”: [“01”], “day”: [“01”], “daily\_statistic”: “daily\_mean”, “time\_zone”: “utc+00:00”, “frequency”: “1\_hourly” } client.retrieve(dataset, request).download() But get: HTTPError: 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/resources/derived-era5-single-levels-daily-statistics](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/resources/derived-era5-single-levels-daily-statistics) I also tried with the .cdsapirc but that did not work either. Any ideas please? Thanks alot ---
**Author:** ![Chazeaud\_Bruno](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@Chazeaud\_Bruno](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Chazeaud_Bruno)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2025 21:28 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/18 "2025-04-22T21:28:02Z")
The same issu. But after verifying that i accepted all the licences here and after some reajustements the request on the website shows the possibility to download directly the file of my request (not on my VS code but on the website) even the code shows ERROR ![Capture d'écran 2025-04-22 174424](https://forum.ecmwf.int/uploads/default/original/2X/4/433cdaaf181972ef8dd3c2ea3c198323fbc70db2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_Marsh](https://forum.ecmwf.int/user_avatar/forum.ecmwf.int/kevin_marsh/32/368_2.png) [@Kevin\_Marsh](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Kevin_Marsh)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2025 21:31 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/19 "2025-04-22T21:31:06Z")
Hi Nick, your credentials should match what is shown at [CDSAPI setup - Climate Data Store](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/how-to-api) when you login to the CDS. Note that there is now no ‘UID’ in the key (and hence no ‘:’) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Phu](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Le\_Phu](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Le_Phu)\ **Post date:** [23 April 2025 09:03 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/error-404-when-i-start-download/12483/20 "2025-04-23T09:03:12Z")
Hi, I have problem when i use the url: [https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2) but then when i run it become [[https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2.ui/resources/reanalysis-er](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2.ui/resources/reanalysis-er)] and it said it can’t found the url. Can anyone explain and tell me how to fix ?