Python Requests getting 401 error

Question

Currently trying to request a json using python but I keep getting a 401 error on response. When I use curl I receive the correct json data.

Curl I use:

curl -H "X-Samanage-Authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN" -H 'Accept: application/vnd.samanage.v2.1+json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X GET https://api.samanage.com/incidents.json

Python that results in 401 error:

import json
import requests

response  = requests.get('https://api.samanage.com/incidents.json', headers={'X-Samanage-Authorization': 'API_TOKEN'})

print(response.status_code)

Could you please try with headers={'X-Samanage-Authorization': 'Bearer API_TOKEN'} — user459872
– user459872, Commented Jan 2, 2018 at 12:44
Apart from the above comment: the curl command you used is not the same as what you did in your python code. Does curl -H "X-Samanage-Authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN" -X GET https://api.samanage.com/incidents.json return the correct result? — renyuneyun
– renyuneyun, Commented Jan 2, 2018 at 12:47

IMCoins · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-02 12:44:21Z

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Depending on what you're trying to do, your problem is probably that you are not specifying the type of your credentials.

Try doing :

import json
import requests

response  = requests.get('https://api.samanage.com/incidents.json', headers={'X-Samanage-Authorization': 'Bearer ' + API_TOKEN})

print(response.status_code)

Another case, your API_TOKEN is not the actual token if you have not made a mistake while typing your code back. You have a STRING API_TOKEN, but not the actual token.

answered Jan 2, 2018 at 12:44

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J Doe Over a year ago

Perfect, was missing the Bearer in the header. I ended up using response = requests.get('api.samanage.com/incidents.json', headers={'X-Samanage-Authorization': 'Bearer API_TOKEN'}) which worked! Thanks for your help

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