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Authenticating against REST API

I've read some of the articles related to authenticating against the REST API and still haven't gotten my question answered. I'm trying to authenticate against the authorizations list endpoint in the REST API: https://sandbox.dev.clover.com/v3/merchants/{mId}/authorizations

I've set my Authorization header with the token I retrieved through the oauth flow (which I am able to use successfully for payments using the remotepay SDK). However, I always get 401 unauthorized when attempting to call this endpoint in the REST API. Am I not able to use oauth tokens for this? Do I need to create an API token for the merchant in the Clover portal instead?



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That endpoint requires Payment Write, does your app request that permission?

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Looks like I only had payment read. I added write permissions but I'm still getting the same issue.

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You need to uninstall and reinstall your application from the Clover dashboard for the new permissions to take affect - https://docs.clover.com/docs/401-unauthorized#check-your-apps-permissions.

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Thanks David. That did the trick in sandbox. What's different for prod? Would I still need to uninstall the app for each merchant and reinstall the app after applying the correct permissions to the app?
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Yes, so you need to make sure you test your app and understand what permissions it requires. The merchant needs to authorize the permissions your integration requires and this can only be done at install time.
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