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3706858 - authentication error 401 while using IAS API with Bearer Token

Symptom

  • An error occurs while attempting to use the API with Identity Authentication Service (IAS) tenant to extract real-time user data (e.g., number of users, active users, inactive users).
  • Error message: "Authentication credentials are invalid or not allowed for this endpoint."
  • Encounter a 401 error with the message: "Authentication credentials are invalid or not allowed for this endpoint."

    {
      "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error"
      ],
      "status": "401",
      "detail": "Authentication credentials are invalid or not allowed for this endpoint."
    }


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Environment

Identity Authentication Service

Keywords

authentication error, 401 error, IAS API, Identity Authentication Service, Bearer Token, client secret, client credentials, grant type, API endpoint, Postman, Manage Users role, system administrator, application/json , KBA , BC-IAM-IDS , Identity Authentication Service , BC-IAM-OID , OIDC/OAUTH2 component in SAP Cloud Identity Services , Problem

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