getPrivileges help with request header

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duracelldirectuk asked Feb 16, '21

getPrivileges help with request header

I'm using the getPrivileges (Account API) to retrieve the account's seller limit.

I'm referring to the documentation here: https://developer.ebay.com/api-docs/sell/account/resources/privilege/methods/getPrivileges

It says it only required one header, "All requests made to eBay REST operations require you to provide the Authorization HTTP header for authentication authorization. This method has no additional required header"

I had a quick read in this documentation about how to make a call:

https://developer.ebay.com/api-docs/static/make-a-call.html

And it says for Authorization header format should be like this "

HTTP headers:    Authorization = Bearer <Your-Application-token-value>

So essentially in java i've only added the authorization header to the httpRequest and supplied the authentication token. Like this:

HttpPost httpRequest = new HttpPost("https://api.ebay.com/sell/account/v1/privilege/");

httpRequest.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + [AUTH_TOKEN_HERE]);

But keep getting this error:

ebayResponseData: {

"errors" : [ {

"errorId" : 1001,

"domain" : "OAuth",

"category" : "REQUEST",

"message" : "Invalid access token",

"longMessage" : "Invalid access token. Check the value of the Authorization HTTP request header."

} ]

}

account api

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Answer 1 · 2021-02-16T13:40:47Z

gblohm_de answered Feb 16, '21

Are you sure you've refreshed your token recently? User access tokens are limited to two hours, which is very little when you're debugging code, so it might just be an outdated token .

I'm using the java.net classes (you seem to be using the apache classes when you're using HttpPost); the following code works for me:

URL url = new URL(completeURL);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
conn.addRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer "+token.accessToken);
logger.debug("Using Authorization: Bearer "+token.accessToken);
conn.connect();
int result = conn.getResponseCode();
logger.debug("Result code is "+result);

where completeURL is something like

https://apiz.sandbox.ebay.com/sell/finances/v1/transaction_summary?filter=transactionStatus:%7BPAYOUT%7D

and token.accessToken is what the Auth API returned in the access_token JSON field.

However, when my token expires, I get a 401 and the exact payload that you got.

Also, when you requested the initial auth code and user token, did you add the scope that you need for your API?

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duracelldirectuk · Feb 16, 2021 at 02:26 PM

Oh I see I'm using the incorrect token mistook this for the Auth'n'Auth token. How do i go about to generate the OAuth token?

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