Error: Invalid Key on POST

ralphs_bricks

Any POST request I try to do either in my code or postman I get Status: 403 Error: "Invalid Key" I am using that same key in GET requests to pull back order data though.

Here's how I'm structuring the request:

https://api.brickowl.com/v1/order/set_status?key=<key>&order_id=<order number>&status_id=3

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Lawrence

POST requests would need any parameters to be sent in the body rather than in the request url

ralphs_bricks

I've also tried that. And just tried it again now. I'm still getting Invalid Key no matter how I try to format the body. I'm sending key, order_id, and status_id.

Can you update the top part of the API docs with the expected payload? Right now it says all requests should look like my first example with query parameters.

ralphs_bricks

Here's my node code in case that's helpful

request({
method: "POST",
uri: "https://api.brickowl.com/v1/order/set_status",
body: {
key: process.env.brickowl,
order_id: orderid,
status_id: 3
},
json: true
})

Lawrence

It looks like that’s being formatted as json. It would need to be sent as a standard post request. The format will depend on the language used

ralphs_bricks

OK so it needs to be sent as form-data which I was able to successfully send the request via postman. Can you update the API docs to make that clear?

ralphs_bricks

Just got it working in code as well. Thanks for the help.

Eundb

Hi Ralph, i have the same Problem. Is it possible to share your solution as code here?

Eundb

Hi, I try to send a POST with a order-status change with javascript and node.js. The problem is near to ralphs_bricks-problem. I wrote a code with fetch-method. But it doesn`t work. The response is "invalid key". The key itself is correct because I`m successfully able to send GET-API-requests. Has anybody an idea where the problem is? Here is the code:

Eundb

const fetch = require('node-fetch');

// Send the POST request
fetch('https://api.brickowl.com/v1/order/set_status', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': "APIKEY" //has to be replaced
},
body: JSON.stringify({
order_id: 9229622,
status_id: 4
})

})
.then(res => {
return res.json()
})
.then(data => console.log('data:', data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error))

Eundb

After a while, I tried another method called axios. But the response is again "invalid key". Here is the code:

Eundb

const axios = require('axios');
// Replace with your actual BrickOwl API endpoint
const brickOwlApiUrl = 'https://api.brickowl.com/v1/order/set_status';

// Replace with the data you want to send in the request body
const postData = {
order_id: '9229622', // Replace with the order ID you want to update
new_status: '3' // Replace with the desired status
// Add any other data you need to send
};

// Set your authentication headers, e.g., using a Bearer token
const headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer APIKEY', //has to be changed
};

// Make the POST request
axios.post(brickOwlApiUrl, postData, { headers })
.then((response) => {
console.log('Response:', response.data);
// Handle the response data here
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error('Error:', error);
// Handle the error here
});

Eundb

Has anybody a solution or a javascript code template?

Lawrence

The key doesn’t go in the headers. It needs to go in the body of the request. The request should not be JSON

Eundb

Ok. Now I have the right code. Thanks..

Eundb

const request = require('request');

const url = 'https://api.brickowl.com/v1/order/set_status';
const body = {
key: 'APIKEY',
order_id: 4109948,
status_id: 2
};

request.post({
url: url,
form: body,
}, (error, response, body) => {
if (error) {
console.error('There was an error:', error);
} else if (response.statusCode !== 200) {
console.error('Status code:', response.statusCode);
} else {
console.log('Data received:', body);
}
});