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udhayak0001
Inspiring
July 20, 2021
Question

Upload document WEB API throwing 403 forbidden error

  • July 20, 2021
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upload document web API works fine inside appian but when i try from outside(from postman)  it is throwing 403 forbidden error can anyone pls help in this

    8 replies

    gayathris111098
    July 20, 2021

    May be try turning off the SSL certificate verification option from settings?

    udhayak0001
    Inspiring
    July 20, 2021

    hii gayathri,

    thank you for your reply

    yes i tried that also still same issue there

    stefanhelzle0001
    Brainy
    July 20, 2021

    More details please! Which authentication method? Does that service user have appropriate permissions?

    udhayak0001
    Inspiring
    July 20, 2021

    hii stefan,

    thank you for your reply

    im using Appian API key authentication, and yes the user have appropriate permissions (api,datasore) eventhough i have updated the security for all objects which is used in that api its still throwing this 403 error 

    stefanhelzle0001
    Brainy
    July 20, 2021

    OK. How did you configure authentication. How did you name the header?

    selvakumark
    July 21, 2021

    Hi [mention:65215036c5444f23866432a2c57ce3b1:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05],

    Just a quick question, does the service account user have editor access to the folder to which the document is to be uploaded?

    udhayak0001
    Inspiring
    July 27, 2021

    thanks selvakumar the issue was resolved