woocommerce_rest_cannot_view Sorry, you cannot view this resoure 401

Hi @westmantech,

A 401 error indicates that you’re dealing with an authorization issue.

Essentially, that means that the credentials you’ve supplied while trying to access the endpoint are wrong or invalid.

The most common reasons for this are:

• You have thew wrong API keys (Consumer Key & Consumer Secret)
• You have the wrong permissions set on the keys
• The user the keys are attached to has been deleted
• The permalink settings for the site are incorrect

I’d recommend taking a look at the WooCommerce REST API documentation here ad following the directions provided – https://woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-rest-api/

The documentation here goes over how to properly work with the API, how to test it, and also provides some tips for sorting out 401 errors – https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/wiki/Getting-started-with-the-REST-API#401-unauthorized

@luminus accessing it even though its getting sent via POST to a file? I still need the Auth header?

Hi @westmantech,

As mentioned above by Luminus, 401 error refers to authentication or permission error, including wrong API keys. You can read more on this specific section of the Woo REST API guide:

https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/#errors

This is a recurrent issue while searching in the forum. More details on possible solutions have been provided in this thread. Can you check if they work for you?

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/woocommerce-rest-api-error-401-fresh-wp-wc-install/

Thanks.

Hi there,

It’s been a while since we last heard back from you. I’m going to mark this thread as resolved.

Hopefully, the above info was helpful. If you have further questions, please feel free to open a new topic.

Cheers.