Title: REST API – authentication does not work Last modified: June 12, 2022 --- # REST API – authentication does not work * Resolved [ulieckardt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulieckardt/) * (@ulieckardt) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest-api-authentication-does-not-work/) * I’d like to use the API but I can not authorize. * I use the manual from here: [https://imsas.github.io/wpdm-rest-api-docs/#authentication](https://imsas.github.io/wpdm-rest-api-docs/#authentication) * //No matter which of the methods I use, I always get the same error * ``` $authorization = 'Authorization: Basic {base64("xxxx:yyyyyyy")'; //$authorization = 'Authorization: Bearer KEY_CREATED_IN_WPDM_API_PUGIN'; $url = "https://xxxxx.com/wp-json/wpdm/v1/packages/"; $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $authorization ); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, "Content-Type: application/json" ); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); $resp = curl_exec($curl); curl_close($curl); var_dump($j_result); Result = {"code":"rest_forbidden","message":"You cannot view the post resource.","data":{"status":401}}" ``` * Does the API really work or where is my mistake? * Thank you for your help * Uli Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Author [Shahjada](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codename065/) * (@codename065) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest-api-authentication-does-not-work/#post-15729808) * Add the following rule in your .htaccess file: * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}] ``` * Thread Starter [ulieckardt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulieckardt/) * (@ulieckardt) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest-api-authentication-does-not-work/#post-15729862) * Thank you for the fast reply. now I get the result. * I have another question: * If I want to update a package with the url [https://xxxxx.de/wp-json/wpdm/v1/packages/4070](https://xxxxx.de/wp-json/wpdm/v1/packages/4070)// I got the package ID by the request before, I get the result “code”:”rest_no_route”,… 404 * What can I do? * Thanks * Uli * Thread Starter [ulieckardt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulieckardt/) * (@ulieckardt) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest-api-authentication-does-not-work/#post-15729863) * ``` Thank you for the fast reply. now I get the result. I have another question: If I want to update a package with the url https://MY_DOMAIN/wp-json/wpdm/v1/packages/4070 //I got the package ID by the request before, I get the result “code”:”rest_no_route”, … 404 What can I do? Thanks Uli ``` - This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by [ulieckardt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulieckardt/). - This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by [ulieckardt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulieckardt/). * Plugin Author [Shahjada](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codename065/) * (@codename065) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest-api-authentication-does-not-work/#post-15730021) * please add `curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PUT");` with your php curl option setup * Thread Starter [ulieckardt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulieckardt/) * (@ulieckardt) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest-api-authentication-does-not-work/#post-15730255) * Hi, perfect, it works 🙂 * But how can I change the data of a package? * I’ve tried: * $post[‘password’] = “[123]”; $jsonData = json_encode($post); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $jsonData); * — And I’ve tried $data = <<’123’); $data_json = json_encode($data); $headers = array( “Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8”, “Content-Length: ” . strlen($data_json), “Authorization: Basic asadasdasdasdasd”, ); * $curl = curl_init($url); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST,“ PUT”); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data_json); $resp = curl_exec($curl); curl_close($curl);` Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘REST API – authentication does not work’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/download-manager/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1561688) * [Download Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/download-manager/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/download-manager/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/download-manager/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/download-manager/reviews/) ## Tags * [wpdm](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wpdm/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [ulieckardt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulieckardt/) * Last activity: [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rest-api-authentication-does-not-work/#post-15731356) * Status: resolved