Invalid parameter provided for 'install-curseforge' command:

[LamaFahrrad]

Describe the problem

When i try to docker compose up my .yml file i always get this error. I doubled the $ signs in my API Key.

[mc-image-helper] 20:29:41.458 ERROR : Invalid parameter provided for 'install-curseforge' command: Access to https://api.curseforge.com is forbidden or rate-limit has been exceeded. Ensure CF_API_KEY is set to a valid API key from https://console.curseforge.com/ or allow rate-limit to reset.
mc-1 | [init] [ERROR] Failed to auto-install CurseForge modpack

Container definition

services:
mc:
image: itzg/minecraft-server
tty: true
stdin_open: true
ports:
- "25565:25565"
environment:
EULA: "TRUE"
CF_API_KEY: '$$2a$$10$$....'
TYPE: AUTO_CURSEFORGE
MEMORY: 10G
CF_PAGE_URL: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/all-the-mods-10

volumes:
  # attach the relative directory 'data' to the container's /data path
  - ./data:/data

Container logs

Paste logs here

[itzg]

If you're sure the API key is valid (thanks for confirming the escaped dollar signs) then it must be the rate-limit, as mentioned in the error:

ERROR : Invalid parameter provided for 'install-curseforge' command: Access to https://api.curseforge.com/ is forbidden or rate-limit has been exceeded. Ensure CF_API_KEY is set to a valid API key from https://console.curseforge.com/ or allow rate-limit to reset.

[Ingraved]

I see the same. It appears to be hitting a rate limit. I think i can 'trick' it into downloading more when I restart the container.

[mc-image-helper] 00:39:26.532 WARN  : Retrying to download BrandonsCore-1.20.1-3.2.1.302-universal.jar @ Brandon's Core:Brandons Core 1.20.1-3.2.1.302
[mc-image-helper] 00:39:26.537 WARN  : Retrying to download L_Enders_Cataclysm-2.31- 1.20.1.jar @ L_Ender 's Cataclysm:L_Enders_Cataclysm-2.31- 1.20.1.jar
[mc-image-helper] 00:39:26.545 INFO  : Downloaded mod file mods/Draconic-Evolution-1.20.1-3.1.2.598-universal.jar
[mc-image-helper] 00:39:26.574 INFO  : Excluding mod file 'Just Enough Mekanism Multiblocks' (just-enough-mekanism-multiblocks) due to configuration
[mc-image-helper] 00:39:26.574 WARN  : Retrying to download blue_skies-1.20.1-1.3.31.jar @ Blue Skies:Blue Skies: Population 1.20.1-v1.3.31
[mc-image-helper] 00:39:26.660 INFO  : Downloaded mod file mods/Croptopia-1.20.1-FORGE-3.0.4.jar
[mc-image-helper] 00:39:26.689 ERROR : Invalid parameter provided for 'install-curseforge' command: Access to https://api.curseforge.com is forbidden or rate-limit has been exceeded. Ensure CF_API_KEY is set to a valid API key from https://console.curseforge.com/ or allow rate-limit to reset.

[init] [ERROR] Failed to auto-install CurseForge modpack

This is for docker compose running in portainer.

services:
  mc:
    image: itzg/minecraft-server
    ports:
      - "25565:25565"
    environment:
      EULA: "true"
      MODPACK_PLATFORM: AUTO_CURSEFORGE
      # allocate from https://console.curseforge.com/ and set in .env file
      CF_API_KEY: ${CF_API_KEY} # $$2a$$10$$...
      CF_PAGE_URL: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/all-the-mods-9
      # Optional: select a specific version/file
      #CF_FILENAME_MATCHER: "0.2.34"
      MEMORY: 8G
    volumes:
      - mc-data:/data

[Ingraved]

Follow up, I was able to get everything running after restarting the container about a dozen times.

[itzg]

I have it cache the API calls across restarts, so that would explain why it eventually finished up for you @Ingraved

I'm now wondering if they impose different rate limits for different regions.

[LamaFahrrad]

Ok, how can i change the rate-limit? So my only option is to restart the cointainer until it works? :D

[Mikael2112]

I have the same problem, how can I change de rate

ERROR : Invalid parameter provided for 'install-curseforge' command: Access to https://api.curseforge.com is forbidden or rate-limit has been exceeded. Ensure CF_API_KEY is set to a valid API key from https://console.curseforge.com/ or allow rate-limit to reset

[itzg]

It is CurseForge imposing the rate limit. You could contact them, but I'm guessing they won't change it.

[der-eismann]

Sorry, not really issue-related, just a small hint for anyone as dumb as me: I spent about an hour trying and debugging this because I always got the error above, but the API token I had worked just fine with curl, so it couldn't have been the rate limit.
Turns out I was too confident and forgot to read and/or click everything in the docs. I got my API token from https://legacy.curseforge.com/account/api-tokens and tested it with the APIs listed here, which worked great. Yes the format is different and has no dollar signs, but I didn't figure out that the format should be the same.
Only now I saw that https://console.curseforge.com/ is actually something different and labelled "CurseForge for studios" (which doesn't really make sense from a user perspective here, we're not studios). Maybe this helps someone.