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Companies House API Key - Invalid Authorization header

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Hi,

 

I'm setting up a custom connection to companies house and I'm getting an error in relation to my API header.

 

When testing if I look at the request the info input is FAR longer than my input in the connection, but I can't see why it wont use the credentials I enter when setting up the connection.

 

Whilst my actual API key is just 40 character long my request API looks to be WAY too long, for some reason.

 

{
"Authorization": "Bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsIng1dCI6Imh1Tjk1SXZQZmVocTM0R3pCRFoxR1hHaXJuTSIsImtpZCI6Imh1Tjk1SXZQZmVocTM0R3pCRFoxR1hHaXJuTSJ9.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.n0o3rmd_rW6jFMG5t3fDjGHUI3qtby1LZ-QLHedHk54myVKJz_eIPws_-T_7nYlmm7E2xRezFNeK3fByK7W1GRXZx9sLsJjbcsyqCz7I7beOMMzFSj7rkoGa4M-3UiaY96DzPGiuolW8IQ5zZ02jbqtTLTi1xWe9GPZnNUmDaVxUrpYPn683Xng410jXMjRqxIhcAelvKHgnakhIwYteookMQYFdvhzd0TQwqNoGoKPBxFDdClMxCe_dXfWhwRse25GYx0lyQh2wxqFxQBwtZWJBneFGT4oEXWfOhrkiFJ-Q2mAzsVrH_y-6DHntKNYpX2tqxSBZYNwqBGIUplrb8g"
}

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    Re: Companies House API Key - Invalid Authorization header

    Hi Michael,

     

    I may suggest you try using Postman to get access token as https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/use-postman.

    If the token size is same as flow, then it means flow get correct token as API definition.

     

    Thanks

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