Title: 401 Basic Authorization
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# 401 Basic Authorization

 *  [ivanmalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivanmalo/)
 * (@ivanmalo)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/401-basic-authorization/)
 * I´ve been trying to post using postman. I have Wp Api v2 and Basic Auth. I always
   get 401:
 * {
    “code”: “rest_cannot_create”, “message”: “Sorry, you are not allowed to create
   new posts.”, “data”: { “status”: 401 } }
 * I´m using my admin user for wordpress and it is well written.
 * Please someone help.
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