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Why does my API key not work for some endpoints but my Access Token Auth works on it?
posted by Mayday0458STAFFMOD on July 13, 2023 at 4:47 AM
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/550?api_key=MY_API_KEY works, but only Access Token Auth works for https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/trending-movies. Using API Key on any of the Try it examples in https://developer.themoviedb.org/ does not work.
Error Message:
{
"status_code": 7,
"status_message": "Invalid API key: You must be granted a valid key.",
"success": false
}
Trying different methods, https://api.themoviedb.org/3/trending/movie/day?language=en-US?api_key=MY_API_KEY does not work either.
The error message that appears below the authorization header field says "Sorry, you could not be authorized with those credentials."
It looks like this.
Reply by superboy97
on July 13, 2023 at 5:39 AM
The syntax of this query is wrong. It should be : https://api.themoviedb.org/3/trending/movie/day?language=en-US&api_key=MY_API_KEY
A question mark is used in front of the parameters, but an ampersand is used between the parameters.
Reply by Mayday0458
on July 13, 2023 at 7:12 AM
That worked! Thanks, I got it now.
Why does the problem occur in the Try it examples then?
Reply by robbie3999
on July 13, 2023 at 9:24 AM
Hi @Mayday0458, the "Try It!" examples only work when you select the "Access Token Auth" authentication for use in the header.
What happens when you select "API Key Auth" is it inserts your API Key into the Authorization header, which doesn't work. I would consider this a bug, it probably should either not allow you to select "API Key Auth" or convert the example to one that uses the API Key in the url.
Reply by davidirvine
on July 15, 2023 at 7:53 AM
Having the same issue...
Reply by robbie3999
on July 15, 2023 at 10:27 AM
Hi @davidirvine, the "Try It!" examples only work when you select the "Access Token Auth" authentication for use in the header.
What happens when you select "API Key Auth" is it inserts your API Key into the Authorization header, which doesn't work. I would consider this a bug, it probably should either not allow you to select "API Key Auth" or convert the example to one that uses the API Key in the url.
Reply by davidirvine
on August 12, 2023 at 5:41 PM
yeah... i understand now..
thanks for the reply... a bug for sure!