pyicloud_ipd.exceptions.PyiCloudAPIResponseError: private db access disabled for this account.

hi. i’m getting alot of those lately: pyicloud_ipd.exceptions.PyiCloudAPIResponseError: private db access disabled for this account. Please wait a few minutes then try again. The remote servers might be trying to throttle requests. (ACCESS_DENIED) with my icloud account. my sons account never gets this error.

i suppose thats because my photo library is much bigger. what is the actual limit of requests? is it per hour? is there any info of how this throttling mechanism works?

[boredazfcuk]

Somebody running the script too often is a user problem, not a coding problem.

[benkrebs]

Hey @menkej thanks for your fast response. 1.) yes, I can see and browse the photos on iCloud.com:

2.) I am using boredazfcuk/icloudpd dockerized version (latest); running on a local ubuntu server

My config: services: icloudsync: container_name: icloudsync image: boredazfcuk/icloudpd restart: unless-stopped environment: - TZ=Europe/Berlin - user=xyz - user_id=1000 - group=synusers - group_id=1007 - apple_id=[e-mail] - authentication_type=2FA - folder_structure={:%Y} - auto_delete=False - recent_only=10 - synchronisation_interval=21600 hostname: icloudsync volumes: - xyz:/config - abc:/home/benkrebs/iCloud

3.) then I init: docker exec -it icloudsync sync-icloud.sh --Initialise -> what I saw here: even if I provide a wrong 2FA code I get a key and it proceeds to the error message

4.) Python inside the docker:

Hope that helps and thanks!