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David S.309
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Getting HTTP 401 on for access_token one some server

Hi guys, We came across a strange issue, when trying to get a access token the the OAuth1 API, the successive calls to "request_token" and "authorize" are working fine, but its is time to access "h...
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David S.309's avatar
David S.309
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Hi,

 

Re-writing the OAuth part to use authorization header (instead of URL parameters) and using PLAINTEXT instead of HMAC-SHA1 for the signature have solved the issue.

Thanks for you time and quick answers !

 

Br,

 

David.

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