Strange Node.js HTTP issue

Hello all,

Recently I programmed a javascript script that allows me to automate my following on Twitter. I did not use the Twitter API, because I apparently did too many write transactions on it. Anyways, what I did use was the cookies/headers from the developer tools and such which worked out great for a few months. However, yesterday, it gave me a 403 forbidden error from Twitter.

It is not a ban on my account or anything because I can still follow people etc. on my phone and computer. However, when I try to use the script (on my computer) it returns the error. I also tried this on a few other accounts to confirm it was the script. They also worked fine on my computer and phone, but the script returned the same error.

Also as a heads up I was not trying to abuse any rules or anything with the script (however twitter may have viewed it that way possibly).

I am using the request npm on node js to send the requests to twitter's servers. Is it possible that the request npm sends something to the server that traces it back to a node js program?

Thank you, really stumped on this one...

Resolved this issue: I missed one of the headers that the browser uses to communicate with twitters servers. If anyone else runs into this issue programming a script for twitter. Double check you have ALL headers!