post request from sandbox.paypal is turned down with a 401

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hi,

I have implemented django-paypal (PDT) with success. Meaning that user is transferred to paypal's site, pays, and comes back to mine for a 'thank you' message.

However payment notification url from paypal is turned down with a 401 error.

1208 173.0.82.126 - - [20/Mar/2012:08:20:16 -0500] "POST /hard-to-guess-string/pdt/ HTTP/1.0" 401 401 "-" "-"

django-paypal app, expects a GET request. So it might be a problem with my paypal settings (although i have checked them, so maybe paypal changed its policy to send a POST notification instead of GET). I also modified the view to expect a POST request. Still the same. The request is rejected.

Something notable is that when I send this request from my PC (using a dummy html form), the request is handled normally.

Is there a way to see why this request is answered with a 401?

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Enable debugging and use the Django Debug Toolbar to get more info from the app.

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answered 21 Mar '12, 01:07

johns ♦♦
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Thank you. I can do that, but the request comes from sandbox.paypal.com. Not me. Will I be able to debug a request that comes from another site in the django toolbar that I view on my pc?

(21 Mar '12, 01:19) xpanta

You might need to add logging to the view to get incoming info. A 401 has to do with authentication, so keep that in mind when looking for the problem, that something is failing authentication.

(21 Mar '12, 01:44) johns ♦♦

post request from sandbox.paypal is turned down with a 401

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