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Authentication header invalid

An `Authorization` header was sent with your request, but it isn't in a valid format.

Example response
{
"error": {
"type": "request_error",
"code": "authentication_malformed",
"detail": "Authentication header included, but incorrectly formatted.",
"documentation_url": "https://developer.paddle.com/errors/shared/authentication_malformed"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}
}

Details

Status code
403
Error code
authentication_malformed
Error message
Authentication header included, but incorrectly formatted.

Common causes

  • You included an Authorization header, but the API couldn't understand it. This suggests it's in the wrong format.
  • There may be a proxy between you and Paddle that's changing the Authorization header.

Troubleshooting

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