API Authorization

API Issues
1

Hi

Really need help for API Authorization.
Keep receiving message: “The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.”
I am using https website for testing.

Code-

    Dim wHeader As WebHeaderCollection = New WebHeaderCollection()

    wHeader.Clear()

    wHeader.Add("Authorization: Basic lWM5fs4x5O_qg9HDPJysyoOOwMSCHyI2me_YFnYP" & ":")

    Dim sUrl As String = "https://api.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07856726"

    Dim wRequest As HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create(sUrl), HttpWebRequest)
    wRequest.UseDefaultCredentials = True

    wRequest.Headers = wHeader

    wRequest.Method = "GET"

    Dim wResponse As HttpWebResponse = DirectCast(wRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)

    Dim sResponse As String = ""

    Using srRead As New StreamReader(wResponse.GetResponseStream())
        sResponse = srRead.ReadToEnd()
    End Using

    Label1.Text = sResponse.ToString
2

You need to base64 encode your API key (with the ‘:’ on the end)