# SSL Handshake error **URL:** \ **Category:** API Q&A\ **Created:** [July 15, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/ssl-handshake-error/78516 "2020-07-15T21:41:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_Turner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/tim_turner/32/11121_2.png) [@Tim\_Turner](https://integration.keap.com/u/Tim_Turner)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/ssl-handshake-error/78516/1 "2020-07-15T21:41:59Z")
I have had a perl script interfacing to API for long time. As of yesterday started getting this error: 500 SSL connect attempt failed with unknown error 14077410:SSL routines:SSL23\_GET\_SERVER\_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure) category:5 site:[https://integration.keap.com/](https://integration.keap.com/) ---
**Author:** ![bradb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/bradb/32/13_2.png) [@bradb](https://integration.keap.com/u/bradb)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/ssl-handshake-error/78516/2 "2020-07-30T04:27:43Z")
Why is your API script hitting the community url instead of the api url?