The authorization details given appear to be invalid

[katycomputer]

I setup API with un: 123 key: ec844ceefaff1d1f2d230ed1ce5b2631

It doesn't seem to be working:

[root@cp ~]# curl -k https://katy.com/billing/api/invoices/add.json -u 123:ec844ceefaff1d1f2d230ed1ce5b2631 -d 'vars[client_id]=1' -d 'vars[date_billed]=2013-11-20T16:43:00-07:00' -d 'vars[date_due]=2013-11-20T16:43:00-07:00' -d 'vars[currency]=USD'[B
{"message":"The authorization details given appear to be invalid.","errors":{"user":{"valid":"The API user or key appears to be invalid."}},"response":null}[root@cp ~]#

Where did I go wrong?

After posting this note I delete API user 123

[Tyson]

Is the API user set to connect to the right company? It sounds like the API user or key cannot be found in the system.

[katycomputer]

I think so, not sure why it wouldn't be set to connect to right company.
I setup the API key on: https://katy.com/billing/admin/settings/system/api/

Curl referenced curl -k https://katy.com/billing/api/invoices/add.json

Is there something else I need to do to make sure everything is pointing to the same company?

[katycomputer]

I setup another api key - same error.

[Tyson]

If you're sure the API user and key are correct, it may be that your web server is run in CGI and certain variables for HTTP authentication are not available, like PHP_AUTH_USER/PHP_AUTH_PW, HTTP_AUTHORIZATION, or REDIRECT_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION. In that case you will likely need to update your .htaccess file to include a rewrite rule to set HTTP_AUTHORIZATION. Take a look at this post for an example.

[katycomputer]

Tyson, thanks. The .htaccess change didn't help. I am running on a cPanel based server with PHP 7.0

If you think of something else, please let me know.

[Paul]

This might not be particularly helpful, but trying it from another angle might be a good idea. From https://docs.blesta.com/display/dev/API

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curl https://yourdomain.com/installpath/api/users/get.json?user_id=1 -u username:key

This is a rather simple request that uses GET instead of POST.

[katycomputer]

Thanks, but "The authorization details given appear to be invalid.","errors":{"user":{"valid":"The API user or key appears to be invalid.""

[LukesUbuntu]

On 09/12/2017 at 5:18 PM, katycomputer said:

Thanks, but "The authorization details given appear to be invalid.","errors":{"user":{"valid":"The API user or key appears to be invalid.""

Did you get this resolved? As i am now facing the same issue via curl.

[katycomputer]

Sorry - I gave up. It's probably something simple, but I ran out of time for this project.

[LukesUbuntu]

I just resolved my issue needed to add rewrite rule from https://docs.blesta.com/display/dev/API#API-Authentication

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RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]