ADF error accessing webservice with security token

Question

Error code: 2108: Error calling the endpoint 'https://csi10a.erpsl.eu1.inforcloudsuite.com'. Response status code: 'NA - Unknown'. More details: Exception message: 'NA - Unknown [ClientSideException] The format of value <token value>is invalid.'. Request didn't reach the server from the client.

The Web tool, is set to authentication None, Method Get, with Headers: "Authorization" value: <token value> which was obtained from a successful login to the same website. @{activity('CSI Login').output.Token}

If I add Bearer or Basic infront of the token then we dont get the error but the request fails:invalid token. I have tested the same token in Postman without any prefix and it works.

The token starts: b/XdI6IQzCviZOGJ0E+002DoKUFOPmVDkwpQDbQjm3w/qkdx.... and i believe ADF is trying to validate this as a url component and it fails. Is there any way to turn off this validation? or is there any other way of using this endpoint?

thanks

Graham

Answer 1

I have found a solution to this issue, but it is specific to the site i was accessing as there is an alternate path which let you log in a retrieve a Bearer Token and then you could access other endpoints as suggested by AnnuKumari-MSFT above by adding a Bearer prefix to the token.

Answer 2

@Graham Hewett , Thankyou for using Microsoft Q&A platform and thanks for posting your question here. As per my understanding, you are trying to make a call to some endpoint and receiving an error "The format of value <token value>is invalid" where you are getting the token from the previous web activity . Please let me know if that is not the case. For better understanding, would you be able to share the screenshot of the syntax you are using to pass the token .

The recommended syntax is : @{concat('Authorization: Bearer ', activity('CSI login').output.Token)} . This will convert the input string as : "Authorization: Bearer <AccessToken>"

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