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Ekunola Ezekiel

Okay, have you tried logging the error you're getting on the second API call to see what the error is?

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nivedithaMNJ • Edited

Yes ...when i log the err .. its null.
But the response shows a 401 , which is an authentication error. Also I print the auth token which turns out to be null. Hence I believe the token is not getting passed to the 2nd API .

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Ekunola Ezekiel • Edited

That's wired, let's try making the first request in a before hook, and then use the token where needed.

You can search here and see an implementation for hooks: mochajs.org/

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nivedithaMNJ

Hi! I have the code working now but the before/before each didn't seem to work as expected. I realized I was making a mistake while parsing the JSON response.
Thanks a lot for helping.