I am having a difficult time understanding why my API call does not work in axios (relatively new to JS). I have built an API server that takes in an Authorization header with a JWT token.
Here is my POST request workflow in Python:
resp = requests.post('http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/login/access-token', data={'username': 'admin@xyz.com', 'password': 'password'})
token = resp.json()['access_token']
test = requests.post('http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/login/test-token', headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}'})
# ALL SUCCESSFUL
Using axios:
const handleLogin = () => {
const params = new URLSearchParams();
params.append('username', username.value);
params.append('password', password.value);
setError(null);
setLoading(true);
axios.post('http://localhost:8000/api/v1/login/access-token', params).then(response => {
console.log(response)
setLoading(false);
setUserSession(response.data.access_token);
props.history.push('/dashboard');
}).catch(error => {
setLoading(false);
console.log(error.response)
if (error.response.status === 401) {
setError(error.response.data.message);
} else {
setError("Something went wrong. Please try again later.");
}
});
}
// the above works fine
// however:
const [authLoading, setAuthLoading] = useState(true);
useEffect(() => {
const token = getToken();
if (!token) {
return;
}
axios.post(`http://localhost:8000/api/v1/login/test-token`, {
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token
}
}).then(response => {
// setUserSession(response.data.token);
console.log('we made it')
setAuthLoading(false);
}).catch(error => {
removeUserSession();
setAuthLoading(false);
});
}, []);
if (authLoading && getToken()) {
return <div className="content">Checking Authentication...</div>
}
// RETURNS A 401 Unauthorized response...
What is different about the two above requests? Why does the axios version return different results than requests?
In my API, CORS have been set to *, and I know that the token within Axios is being saved properly in sessionStorage.
Any ideas?
