# API throws error. Request is not authorized

**URL:** https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/api-throws-error-request-is-not-authorized/7310
**Category:** Random
**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/api-throws-error-request-is-not-authorized/7310 "2021-11-03T19:35:18Z")
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### Author: ![optimax99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/optimax99/32/3260_2.png) [@optimax99](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/optimax99)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/api-throws-error-request-is-not-authorized/7310/4 "2021-11-06T00:18:19Z")

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I get this message too. Followed the exact instructions at [Manually Trading Stocks Using Postman and the Alpaca API](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/manually-trading-stocks-using-postman-and-the-alpaca-api/166) and didn’t get very far

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