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akshays
Ace
3 years ago

Receiving a 401 Authorization Required error on POST call to get Access Token via OAuth 2

I am able to get the Authorization code in the browser following the first step of OAuth 2.0 grant flow: https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscommunitydevdocs/reference/request-auth-code-lithium-regist...
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REST API v2 & LiQL
MattV's avatar
MattV
Khoros Staff

The instance probably has BasicAuth enabled (we frequently call it HTACCESS). You will have to pass the BasicAuth header with the appropriate credentials.

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akshays
Ace
3 years ago

Hi MattV ,

Thanks for the info. But, I believe the error could be on the API. I purposefully malformed the call ( client_id and code ) but received the same 401 error. This is sort of weird because the error I am receiving does not seem to be relevant with the actual issue. Any suggestions?

Appreciate the help.