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Mo_JM
Contributing User
1 year ago
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Trouble getting Access token

Hi. I'm new to APIs. I know there are articles on how to obtain an Access token, but I'm still stuck. I'm using Rest Fox and trying to POST to https://secure.myob.com/oauth2/v1/authorize/ with the ap...
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    Mike_James
    1 year ago

    Hi Mo_JM , you need to encode both the redirect URL and the authorization code itself.

     

    EG:
    code=Wvof%21IAA[[TRUNCATED_FOR_READABILITY]]luF&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2Fmyob_redirect%2F&client_id=[[MY_API_KEY]]&scope=CompanyFile&client_secret=[[MY_SECRET]]&grant_type=authorization_code

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Mo_JM
Contributing User
1 year ago

Hi Doreen. I can offer a little more now on my problem, but of course I still don't know why it's happening (I'm new). I'm POSTing via Rest Fox to   https://secure.myob.com/oauth2/v1/authorize

Header: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Body: client_id my id

          client_secret  my secret

          Scope  CompanyFile

          redirect_uri  http://desktop (as per my login)

          Code   the code I got in the authorization step

         Grant_type   authorization_code

 

When I POST this I get a 502 error. BUT, once when I accidentally had authorisation_code (the Australian spelling) I got a 400 code error. I only get a 400 code if I mistype in this spot. No other mistypes cause this.

Does this shed any further light on my problem?

 

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Mike_James
Ultimate Cover User
1 year ago

Hi Mo_JM , you need to encode both the redirect URL and the authorization code itself.

 

EG:
code=Wvof%21IAA[[TRUNCATED_FOR_READABILITY]]luF&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2Fmyob_redirect%2F&client_id=[[MY_API_KEY]]&scope=CompanyFile&client_secret=[[MY_SECRET]]&grant_type=authorization_code

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    Mo_JM
    Contributing User
    1 year ago

    Thank you for that. I'm up and going now. Your help is appreciated.

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