Error on retrieving users... "Must provide a valid Client-ID or OAuth token"

[izikperz]

I am trying a simple request to get some user by ID as specified in the API reference guide(https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/#get-users). I have tried the GET request in a REST console with Authorization as the header name and Bearer myclientid as the header value and I get this response:
{
“error”: “Unauthorized”,
“status”: 401,
“message”: “Must provide a valid Client-ID or OAuth token”
}

I tried on my linux machine to do the following and get the same response:

curl -H ‘Authorization: Bearer myclientid’ -X GET ‘https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users?id=44322889’

I’ve gone to my dashboard and triple checked my client id to make sure it’s correct. I’ve also tried using the Client ID of an entirely different project I had created years ago. What am I doing wrong?

[BarryCarlyon]

Bearer is for authorized keys not for clientID’s

For ClientID just send

curl -H ‘Client-ID: myclientid’ -X GET ‘https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users?id=44322889’

[izikperz]

Thank you so much. I spent way too long trying to figure that out. Maybe the documents should mention this…

[Dist]

@izikperz

Maybe the documents should mention this…

The Docs do explain this.

In the Getting Started section of the API docs Twitch API | Twitch Developers the second step shows how to use your Client ID to make requests.

Also in the Guide section of the API docs Twitch API Concepts | Twitch Developers it explains authentication and how User Access and App Access tokens are sent in requests.