# Keep getting "403 forbidden" errors on REST API

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/keep-getting-403-forbidden-errors-on-rest-api/1741>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** http\
**Created:** [April 23, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/keep-getting-403-forbidden-errors-on-rest-api/1741 "2019-04-23T19:58:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![JuliaKempf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/juliakempf/32/2446_2.png) [@JuliaKempf](https://forums.losant.com/u/JuliaKempf)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/keep-getting-403-forbidden-errors-on-rest-api/1741/3 "2019-04-23T20:38:25Z")

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Hi @Simon-Pierre_Gagnon,

Welcome to the Losant Forums! Just a few things to get us debugging. We see 403 errors when either no authorization token is provided, or the authorization token does not have the proper scope. To debug this, I would recommend checking that your permissions for the [Application API Token](https://docs.losant.com/applications/application-tokens/) are correctly scoped. I would also recommend checking out [this forum post](https://forums.losant.com/t/solved-need-help-transmitting-http-post-to-losant-using-raw-socket/580) which could provide some helpful information.

One additional way to debug is through [Postman](https://www.getpostman.com/). Postman is a tool that can be used for POST requests, and will format the request for you, you just have to fill out the parameters. Here is an example of Postman:

 ![33%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/getstructure/original/2X/0/0ec9022c34b889ad23503ad31465f50b3dfc243e.png)

Let me know what comes from this debugging!  
Thanks,  
Julia

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