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What does "failed to authenticate user signature mean?"
What does "failed to authenticate user signature mean?"
Check your Authorization Header for the Correct User Handle
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Written by Justin Thomas
Updated over a week ago

You may run into an instance when calling a Sila end point that looks like the below.

This error usually means that you are passing the wrong user_handle parameter in the Authorization Header. This can happen when you are trying to work with multiple users i.e. individuals and businesses and inadvertently are passing the wrong user_handle parameter in the Authorization headers.

In Postman, you can click on the "Auth" tab and verify that you are passing the correct user_handle for your API call

Usersignature={{individual_handle}}
Usersignature={{business_handle}}

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