# What does this ERROR code means "UNAUTHENTICATED\_API\_CALL"?

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**Created:** [June 13, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/what-does-this-error-code-means-unauthenticated-api-call/4176 "2022-06-13T07:52:02Z")\
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Thanks @Olamihybr,

Just confirming you have your [Sandbox access and secret key](https://docs.rapyd.net/client-portal/docs/developers) with the Sandbox request URL.

`https://sandboxapi.rapyd.net/v1/data/countries`

Are you making your request in Node.js?

If you haven’t made any test request yet, here’s a simple [guide of making a request in Postman with your Sandbox credentials](https://community.rapyd.net/t/set-your-api-keys-in-postman-rapyd-sandbox-environment/1055).

Here’s a comment with more resources, however these may be address a different error related to when the The API received a request, but the signature did not match.

> [@Issue in creating signature in Go Lang](https://community.rapyd.net/t/issue-in-creating-signature-in-go-lang/1627/2):
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> Hi @Abdul_Waheed, From the error response, this may be due to a couple things: All spaces and other whitespace outside of strings must be removed. Numbers should be sent in strings, not as integers/numbers. Here are some resources that may help: [Rapyd API Request Signatures and How to Calculate](https://community.rapyd.net/t/rapyd-api-request-signatures-and-how-to-calculate/1256)[Verify Webhook Signature? - #2 by Minh\_Nguy\_n\_Van](https://community.rapyd.net/t/verify-webhook-signature/1383/2)[How to verify Webhook Signature with PHP script](https://community.rapyd.net/t/how-to-verify-webhook-signature-with-php-script/1382)[https://youtu.be/yL5TK4JfP7s](https://youtu.be/yL5TK4JfP7s) I would also take a look around your body and and how it may not be pa…

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