401: Unauthorized

The 401 (Unauthorized) status code indicates that the authentication credentials received are not authorized. The user may repeat the request with a new or replaced Authorization header field.


Code	401
Description	Authentication Error.
Generic Cause	Unauthorized authentication token.
Quick Fix	Verify whether an authentication token is obtained and ensure to provide this with each request.

There are different types of Authentication errors and this section provides sample scenarios of authentication errors as well as tips on how to identify them.

401: Invalid access token. Please pass a valid access token


Code	401
Description	Invalid access token. Please pass a valid access token
Generic Cause	Invalid authorization token.
Quick Fix	Check that the Authorization token is correct.

ERROR SCENARIO EXAMPLE

ERROR CODE: "401"
MESSAGE:    "Invalid access token. Please pass a valid access token"

Verify the Authorization token, and ensure that the correct token was passed.

Rename the Authorization value from "Bearer qwErtY8zyW1abcdefGHIZZZZ" to "Bearer qwErtY8zyW1abcdefGHI".

curl -X
GET "https://api.equinix.com/v1/assets/11581251" 
-H "Content-type: application/json"
-H "Authorization: Bearer qwErtY8zyW1abcdefGHIZZZZ"  

401: Invalid access token. Please pass a valid access token​

401: Invalid access token. Please pass a valid access token