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fcaelen
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6 years ago

OAuth in python

Hi! I am writing a small script in Python to retrieve data from the REST API. For instance, I need to do some v2 requests like "SELECT id,post_time,subject,author,status,body,kudos,labels FROM messa...
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    fcaelen
    6 years ago

    I finally found the issue 😀 In the header, the client ID should be declared as 'client-id' and not 'client_id' as it is in the body. The other issue was that the code expires quickly and I tried to use it during a too long time which made my tries useless (I tried before 'client-id' without success because the code had already expired).

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fcaelen
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thanks sparsht :smileyhappy:

but even step 1. doesn't work. I even tried in a browser

https://myCommunity/auth/oauth2/authorize?client_id=[CLIENT_ID]&response_type=code&redirect_uri=[REDIRECT_URI]

with my client id and the redirect URI of my API App but I get an error:

 

Any idea?

I have also tried different redirect URIs: https://myCommunity.com/ or https://myCommunity.com/getaccessToken but still the same.

thanks!

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sparsht
Guide
6 years ago

fcaelen Hi there ! It seems like you have missed something or I haven't been able to explain properly.

https://myCommunity.com/auth/oauth2/authorize?client_id=LFE0UbsMFc9uDhsZLu03q4565ZZjO78svn7RFDRs=&response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://wt-c12345.sandbox.auth0-extend.com/lithium-integrate

 Make sure sample code is like this. I have tried and it's working fine for me. ID and Redirect URI should be the same as mentioned in API App under  ADMIN>SYSTEM>API Apps.

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    fcaelen
    Mentor
    6 years ago

    Yes, I have replaced the Community URL, the client id and the redirect URI but I get the error.

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      fcaelen
      Mentor
      6 years ago

      hi sparsht. I could finally get the code, my mistake was that I had to encode my client id (it ends with a "=").

      So, I tried the sample code

      ACCESS_TOKEN_URL = "<a href="https😕/eu.api.lithium.com/auth/v1/accessToken" target="_blank">https😕/eu.api.lithium.com/auth/v1/accessToken</a>"
r = requests.post(
ACCESS_TOKEN_URL,
headers = {"Content-type" : "application/json", "client_id" : client_id},
data = {
"code" : code,
"client_id" : client_id,
"client_secret" : client_secret,
"redirect_uri" : redirect_uri,
"grant_type" : "authorization_code"
}
)

      but I get an error saying it doesn't support Json:

      400 Bad Request
      {"code":400,"message":"Unable to process JSON"}

       

      Any idea? thanks

      • sparsht's avatar
        sparsht
        Guide
        6 years ago

        Hi fcaelen ,

        The error indicates that the JSON being sent in the body is malformed or not in proper format. Please check the JSON being sent using json Validator or similar tool.

        Also replace your access token variable with the one mentioned below.

        ACCESS_TOKEN_URL = "<a href='https/eu.api.lithium.com/auth/v1/accessToken' target='_blank'>https/eu.api.lithium.com/auth/v1/accessToken</a>"

         Check your "data" value as well if the above doesn't solve your problem.