Colleagues, I’ve read multiple topics here regarding 401, but found no solution.
Is your application registered as a live one not test? (Yes… test should work but people have reported various issues).
Some people have also had issues with registering more than one API key and then using the wrong one, worth a double-check.
This exact endpoint (almost) works for us - although one note: it looks like you’re requesting:
https://api.company-information.service.gov.uk/advanced-Search/companies
With a capital “S” there - that will give a 404 error once you’ve sorted out the authorization issue. It should be:
https://api.company-information.service.gov.uk/advanced-search/companies
(Obviously also calling a search endpoint without providing some parameters is in general odd!)
Good luck.
Thx, @voracityemail
Is your application registered as a live one not test? (Yes… test should work but people have reported various issues).
mb: test. After I registered another “live” application - it worked with the “live” key immediately
Some people have also had issues with registering more than one API key and then using the wrong one, worth a double-check.
mb: sure, maybe a problem. I’ve registered 2 keys and checked each one separately multiple times - none of the test “keys” did work
This exact endpoint (almost) works for us - although one note: it looks like you’re requesting:
https://api.company-information.service.gov.uk/advanced-Search/companies
With a capital “S” there - that will give a 404 error once you’ve sorted out the authorization issue. It should be:
https://api.company-information.service.gov.uk/advanced-search/companies
mb: it worked with capital “S”, same way as with “s”, but only with the “live” key
(Obviously also calling a search endpoint without providing some parameters is in general odd!)
mb: yes, but it responded with a reasonable result.
Thx for the hint: the “live” vs “test” was the silver bullet
+1 and liked your answer. Live works, test didn’t.
