403 forbidden when requesting token
thomasvdb opened this issue · comments
I'm trying to request a token via https://theoldreader.com/accounts/ClientLogin but for some reason I always get a HTTP-status of 403 (Forbidden).
To rule out the fact that somethings not working in my code I've tried to setup a request via Fiddler and I'm still getting a 403 (see attachement).
Do I need to register somewhere to be able to do this request?
The point is that API responds with 403 when credentials are wrong for some reason. As I can see, you are providing no email/password in your request. Also you might want to take a look on response body, I believe you'll see Error=BadAuthentication, which means that you have wrong credentials.
I've always tested with a Google account.
I just registered on The Old Reader (instead of authenticating via Google), tested with this new account and this worked.
Should it be able to work with Google accounts?
Not yet, as described here: https://github.com/theoldreader/api#authentication