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    • verdet3232
      verdet3232 last edited by

      Getting error in https://lsapi.seomoz.com/v2/url_metrics API

      I'm using Basic Auth for authentication.

      {    "name": "Bad Request",    "message": "Error deserializing POST body"}

      CVW2T4f

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      • Natalie-Alexis
        Natalie-Alexis last edited by

        Hi - thanks for reaching out to us.

        In Postman, if you click on raw instead of form-data in Body, you can get results using the syntax found here: https://moz.com/help/links-api/making-calls/url-metrics. In your example, you could write:

        {

        "targets":["facebook.com"]

        }

        This should successfully return results for you. If you continue to run into issues, I would suggest reaching out to support at help@moz.com.

        thanks!

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