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Sandbox always returns 401 unauthorized

I have read multiple articles, docs, and other sources like https://community.clover.com/questions/28804/always-showing-401-unauthorized-in-the-rest-api-ca.html but I cannot resolve my issue. I am using Postman to start exploring the API sandbox but I keep receiving a 401 response.

Now, I even tried using https://docs.clover.com/reference/merchantgetmerchant but that returns a 401 as well. This leads me to question if my Developer Test Store is valid. I believe it is because I used the credentials a while ago successfully but maybe something has changed. I added a couple additional stores for good measure but they fail as well.

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C1......J1 is a production merchant, not a sandbox merchant so you just exposed a production access token. I will have to revoke that token and you will need to generate a new one. Sandbox and production are separate environments, if you want to test in sandbox (which is where you should be testing) you need to create an account in sandbox - https://docs.clover.com/docs/401-unauthorized#use-the-right-environment.

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KW Enterprises avatar image KW Enterprises commented ·
OK. I was logged into the real clover site and not the sandbox site. Will course correct.


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Are you passing the access token in the query string or as a header? https://docs.clover.com/docs/using-api-tokens

Other than that, everything you need to know regarding resolving 401s is in the article you already linked to https://community.clover.com/articles/23744/resolving-401-unauthorized-responses-when-making-a.html - read it very carefully.

If you still can't figure it out then you will need to provide us some details such as, your merchant id, the request you are making (exactly), how you are obtaining the token, etc.

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David - I read that 401 article too and believe I have everything set properly. Here are some screens of the Postman call and Environment variables.

Side Note - Clover shows 2 different sandbox url's. one is apisandbox.dev.clover.com and the other is sandbox.dev.clover.com . I have used both with the same result.

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David Marginian avatar image David Marginian ♦♦ commented ·

Ok, you will need to answer the questions I previously asked if you would like more assistance. The postman screenshot is not helpful beyond seeing that you are correctly passing a token value, I don't know your merchant id, etc.

If you still can't figure it out then you will need to provide us some details such as, your merchant id, the request you are making (exactly), how you are obtaining the token, etc.
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David Marginian avatar image David Marginian ♦♦ David Marginian ♦♦ commented ·

Please see https://docs.clover.com/reference/api-reference-overview#sandbox-base-urls.. You want https://sandbox.dev.clover.com not https://apisandbox.dev.clover.com.

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KW Enterprises avatar image KW Enterprises David Marginian ♦♦ commented ·

MID - C1...J1

Token is created by logging into my account and clicking the API Token generator from Account & Setup.

Request:

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David Marginian avatar image David Marginian ♦♦ KW Enterprises commented ·

Please don't post tokens in a public forum, sandbox or not. Your URL is incorrect, fix that per my above comment and let me know.

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