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Patrick Gorman
Patrick Gorman

Reputation: 154

Linkedin API Error {"error_description":"the client is not authorized","error":"unauthorized_client"}

When I try to submit my form from python flask to linkedin I get the following exception: {"error_description":"the client is not authorized","error":"unauthorized_client"} I've checked the code and everything should be working.

    post = {
        "grant_type": "authorization_code",
        "code": code,
        "redirect_uri": os.environ["REDIRECT_URI"],
        "client_id": os.environ["API_KEY"],
        "client_secret": os.environ["API_SECRET"]
    }
    access = requests.post("https://www.linkedin.com/uas/oauth2/accessToken", data=post)
    return access.text + str(post)

All of my environment variables appear to be correct. (I've checked multiple times) but I'm still getting the same error. I have already registered the app on linkedin as well and have been strictly following the documentation. Anybody know what I might be doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 939

Answers (1)

Patrick Gorman
Patrick Gorman

Reputation: 154

The problem wasn't with the access codes but with the REDIRECT_URI. I had it previously encoded for the get request so that it'd be in the proper formula for that. However that format doesn't work the same for a POST request. Rather than https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com%2Flinkedin it needs to be formatted https://www.example.com/linkedin. This is because the request library will escape the parameters, and if it's already escaped it will become double-escaped.

Upvotes: 1

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