I am using Paypal’s API documentation here.
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
Did you use a pipe | to separate the un/pw as indicated by the field description?
Hi there
I did use a pipe | to separate username and password, then encoded it but no luck…
Any other suggestions?
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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?
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Perhaps try using the production API endpoint.
Zapier will handle the encoding for Basic Auth
Hey
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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?
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