API Key MidServer Postman Error: invalid key prefix

[Anirban5]

Hello

I am trying to use API key based authentication to push events in MidServer. Basic authentication works fine. But when I try to change it to API key based i get the following error in postman output.

What is the Key Prefix ? As per documentation it is Authorization: Key <API Key> . My API Key Name is XXXX_API_Key_SandBox. So shouldn't it be Authorization: XXXX_API_Key_SandBox blahblahblahAPIkey

{
"servlet":"org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer-738862b5",
"message":"invalid key prefix in Authorization header (prefix should be &apos;Key&apos; followed by a whitespace and the API Key)",
"url":"/api/mid/em/inbound_event",
"status":"401"
}

Not sure what I am doing wrong in the payload

Some screenshots

From Postman header

[Karan Chhabra6 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anirban5 ,

The Authorization header value should be Apikey b8ee.... or Key b8ee....

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Thanks!

[pratiksha5]

@Karan Chhabra6 @Anirban5 For some reason my API key contains wired charter like ﷞﷟﷒. Any idea what might be the issue?

[Jim Palmer]

That usually means the record has been imported as XML from another instance, as the APIKey field is an encrypted 'password2' field and doesn't transfer between instances without getting garbled.