Noob to API’s and Postman - I’m trying to use the Yelp API. After attaching the appropriate URL after GET in Postman I receive the error in the screenshot. I assume I fix this in the Authorization tab, but it’s not clear what I enter for “Key” and “Value”. I assume “Key” is the authorization key I r…

Hey @NathanBurnsDS , Thank you for posting your question! :trophy: Are you able to share a screenshot of the Request Headers, please? I would imagine that the header should look something like this: [30]

By “authorization key” I mean the “API key” I was given from Yelp.

You’re right ; I just replaced my token from Yelp with the API key and it worked. Thanks for the simple and swift response, Danny!

Authorization for API Key - how?

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danny-dainton (Danny Dainton) July 4, 2019, 1:42pm 5

You’re very welcome!

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