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4xx · Client Error

401Unauthorized

Authentication is required and has failed or has not yet been provided.

What is HTTP 401?

The 401 Unauthorized status means the request requires authentication. Despite its name, it really means 'unauthenticated'. The response must include a WWW-Authenticate header indicating how to authenticate.

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Common Use Cases

  • Missing Bearer token
  • Expired JWT
  • Invalid API key

Quick Facts

Code401
Category4xx
TypeClient Error

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