Authentication with POST Webhook for Paypal

I’m trying to do a POST to the authentication endpoint to be granted an access token to use in future requests, however I keep getting a 401.

Here’s my setup in Zapier:

Note: I did encode my CLIENT_ID:CLIENT_SECRET into Base64 (using https://www.base64encode.org/) prior to testing this call.

Not sure where I went wrong?

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Hi @ential

Did you use a pipe | to separate the un/pw as indicated by the field description?

Hi there @Troy Tessalone

I did use a pipe | to separate username and password, then encoded it but no luck…

Any other suggestions?

@ential

Try w/o encoding the value.

I did try that without any luck.

I still get 401.

Have you tried this step yourself Troy to get an access token?

@ential

Perhaps try using the production API endpoint.

Zapier will handle the encoding for Basic Auth

Hey @Troy Tessalone Correct me if I’m wrong, but I am using the production endpoint in my initial screenshot in my first post?

@ential

I was able to generate a user token.

“sandbox” is used for testing.

Check your PayPal Developer Portal.

What’s the production API endpoint then?

I couldn’t see that - but also wasn’t in Sandbox myself. Your screenshot above also has “sandbox” in it?

@ential

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