Proper way to perform GET API Call with API key in header?

Question

I've never really attempted to try and write my own code that calls an API. I have some Python code that I created after discovering Python Requests library.

However, I can't get past this "authentication failed" error message.

The API key I have acquired is from https://fortnitetracker.com/site-api

The code I am using is as follows:

import requests
url = 'https://api.fortnitetracker.com/v1/profile/pc/ninja'
headers = {"TRN-Api-Key": "MY_KEY"}
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

After asking for the r.status_code I get a 403 Forbidden. When I ask for r.text I get

u'{"message":"Invalid authentication credentials"}\n'

On the API page,all they say is to pass the API key in the request headers using a GET method.

I even tried passing my credentials I used to register on the site using

r = requests.get(url, headers=headers,auth=('User', 'Pass'))

Still got the same invalid authentcation credentials error.

Is what I am doing correct? What am I missing?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Answer 1

If you are calling an API you need to send post :

r = requests.post(url, headers=headers)