Problem clear field data
Latest activity Edit by Christopher Stapels
on 3 Jan 2024
I get the following error message when using a DELETE command.
I am using the correct api_key and channel ID Error Response: { "status": "401", "error": { "error_code": "error_auth_required", "message": "Authorization Required", "details": "Please provide proper authentication details." } }
I just cannot find out what I'm doing wrong. I've used Postman and Curl apps.
Can anyone help?
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Just tried it from Postmand and it works, now I'm confused,
Checked and all the data has been cleared.
Thank you so much for your help.
FYI I have no problem issuing the two commands below with Curl of Postman:
Thank you for your prompt response Christopher but I am aware of thet issue.
This is the command as defined on the ThingSpeak webpage
api_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here is the API key from the My Profile Page
API Keys
User API Key
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Alerts API Key
<no API key>
and here are my read and write keys
Write API Key
Key
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Read API Keys
Key
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I know I must have missed something obvious but I cannot spot it after trying all day :-(
Trust you can show me the error of my ways.
Thank you
Andrew
Thanks for the clarification. Can you try this format with the '?' ?
I suspect you are using the channel API key, but delete operations require the User API key.
Ive redacted your API key for security though.
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