Access Token Denied Although Valid - Please Advise

[NuminousCode]

Hi folks, 

I'm attempting a test API call to the customer account API with OAuth2 using Insomnia. I can acquire the access token, but when I attempt to use it I get "Not a valid access token".

The token is not expired, I use it shortly after it's acquired and it has almost 2 hours before expiration. I'm making a POST request. I'm not sure which URL I should be hitting, though I've tried both the shop url 

https://my-shop-name.myshopify.com/api/2024-01/graphql.json 

which I use to  successfully access the storefront API, and I've tried the url suggested in the docs  under endpoints and queries which is 

https://shopify.com/<shop_id>/account/customer/api/unstable/graphql.

The headers are Content-Type : application/json; Authorization : Bearer *token*

I'm using this json formatted graphql query 

{"query": "query { customer { email } }"}

though I've also attempted using a structured graphql query. 

The result of the request is 

{
"errors": [{
"message": "",
"extensions": {
"code": "ACCESS_DENIED"}}]

}

Any advice is appreciated

Kind regards

[Liam]

Are you trying to create a customer? If so you should be making the PUT request to /admin/api/2023-04/customers.json - and you'll need to make sure the app has the "customers" access scope. 

[mikexavier]

Hey, did you work this out in the end? I'm running into the same issue.

@Liam in my case, I'm trying to fetch information about a customer, order history etc.