I’m build a zap to interact with a REST API calling a GET method and putting the information on google sheets.
The API uses Bearer Token method to authenticate. In webhook form, I only can set basic auth.
How can I change the authenticate method to Bearer Token?
Best answer by Troy TessaloneBest answer by Troy Tessalone
You appear to be using a REFRESH Token but likely should be an ACCESS Token.
I’d reference the APIs documentation to better understand the 401 and 403 errors you were getting.
+14Hi
You can set in the Headers section at the bottom.
Left Side: Authorization
Right Side: Bearer [TOKEN]
Hi
Thanks for answer.
I tried and returned HTTP 403 - Forbidden.
So, I tried to without “Bearer” before the token and returnd 401 - Unnauthorized
+14Can you share screenshots of how your Webhooks step is currently configured?
+14You appear to be using a REFRESH Token but likely should be an ACCESS Token.
I’d reference the APIs documentation to better understand the 401 and 403 errors you were getting.
I’m seeing the same issue. I even just tried to hardcode a valid access token in the header and continue to see the same 403 issue. Any inputs?
Hi
It will largely depend on the type of API token the specific API authentication is looking for, but one way to convert a 'basic auth' code into a valid token is using the base64 encoder:
For example you can convert a basic auth sequence like below into a readable 'basic' token by entering into the coder to produce the required token string, then use the header 'Authorization' and output of 'Basic xxxxxxxxxxx' from the encoder.
Regards, Michael
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