Method:API Q&A

Re: Authorization Error using API Key

Method_Inderdeep — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 01:48:57 GMT

I am glad it is working for you now.

Re: Authorization Error using API Key

Lance Dyas — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:05:52 GMT

OK I think I found the issue when using the Postman auto generation of the key from the Authorization tab it was doing something different and obscuring the auto generated result so I put the header in manually and got the expected result

Re: Authorization Error using API Key

Lance Dyas — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:50:06 GMT

This seems to be the exact same issue I have...

Re: Authorization Error using API Key

Method_Inderdeep — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:02:55 GMT

Hi 48b,

Can you make sure under the Authorization where you are using the API key the prefix of that key should be 'APIKey' followed by a space and then the TheActualKey'?

Here is an example:

APIKey ThisIsAnExample.

-Inder

Re: Authorization Error using API Key

48b — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:39:08 GMT

I am getting the same error using the api. I am using zapier and am needing to update a customer here is what my PATCH method looks like. Hoping you can help. Thank you.

Re: Authorization Error using API Key

sysrdy1505 — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 20:29:03 GMT

You're exactly right... I had "APIKey" as the key value instead of "Authorization". Changing my setup to match yours fixed the issue.

Thanks so much!

Re: Authorization Error using API Key

Method_Michael — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 19:36:12 GMT

Hey,

Based on your post I think you might have the wrong value in the Key field.

Here is an example of how I have my postman headers setup. Hope this helps.

Authorization Error using API Key

sysrdy1505 — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 02:54:21 GMT

Greetings,

I recently created my Method trial account and just completed syncing my QuickBooks company file. I would like to use the REST API to retrieve customer records and other data. I created a new API key using the Integrations/API section of my dashboard. I then downloaded the sample Postman collection to run some tests.

Using Postman, I set the authentication type to API Key and entered the key to be passed in the HTTP headers. In my authorization header, my key name is "APIKey" and the value is my generated key from the dashboard. I am sending requests to https://rest.method.me, but all are being rejected with a 401 (unauthorized). My understanding is that I do not need to use the OAuth flow, and simply sending the API key in the authorization header is sufficient. I have not performed any other user-related setup other than generating the key.

Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?

Thank you.