Authorization Required issue with XML-RPC

  • simonrjones

    (@simonrjones)


    13 years, 11 months ago

    hi there

    I’ve been trying to use the XML-RPC API to submit a draft post via a form on a WordPress page. All seems to work fine on my local development copy but when live I get the following error:

    Error message: Authorization Required

    I’m making a call to wp.getCategories and am passing the blog ID, the username and password. The user has a Contributor role which seems to work fine locally.

    Yes, XML-RPC is enabled in the writing settings. I’m not sure what the “Authorization Required” error actually means. If it was a wrong user/pass there appears to be a specific error message for that.

    Any help appreciated 🙂

    best wishes,
    Simon

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  • Joseph Scott

    (@josephscott)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    What’s the actual XML-RPC error that gets sent back?

    Thread Starter simonrjones

    (@simonrjones)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    I’ve inspected the raw HTTP response and it appears an Apache Basic Authentication header was blocking XML-RPC, it was returning an HTTP return code of 401: Authorization Required

    Sorry, false alarm!

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