[Question]: page_token is null instead of empty string

[mrjazz]

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Question

For some reason I can't make a request. I look at the SDK and it seems like the problem is in wrong default value for page_token param in this line.

For me it works well with an empty string but doesn't work with null as default.

I mean the difference between request like this:

curl --location --request GET 'https://data.sandbox.alpaca.markets/v2/stocks/AAPL/bars?limit=2&page_token=null&timeframe=30Min&start=2020-04-01&end=2021-04-02' \
> --header 'Authorization: Basic TOKEN'

and that:

curl --location --request GET 'https://data.sandbox.alpaca.markets/v2/stocks/AAPL/bars?limit=2&page_token=&timeframe=30Min&start=2020-04-01&end=2021-04-02' \
> --header 'Authorization: Basic TOKEN'

Maybe I missed something, then please, point me out.

[mrjazz]

Sorry, I was wrong. The issue not in page_token but in authorization. For me it works only with basic authorization (like in example I provided above), but passing APCA-API-KEY-ID, APCA-API-SECRET-KEY doesn't work for me and I got "forbidden" error. What did I miss?

[noramehesz]

Hi @mrjazz If you got the forbidden error it means that your subscription doesn't let you query the requested data. Are you sure you wanted to call the sandbox endpoint? Since this question is really old I am closing it but please feel free to open a new one if you have any further question. Have a nice day 🌞