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Hi! I’m trying to use the TheirStack API (api.theirstack.com) with the...

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Hi! I’m trying to use the TheirStack API (api.theirstack.com) with the HTTP API with JWT Authentication module. The API has a token than when authenticating with email and password returns an access token: https://api.theirstack.com/#tag/Auth/operation/login_via_body_token_from_json_post But when trying to set that up the JWT auth account in Clay, I get this generic error message: In the network tab what I see is a request to https://api.clay.com/v3/app-accounts/jwt/http-jwt-auth, with this response:

{"success":false,"appAccount":null}

The endpoint receives the username and password in the body of a POST request, just the same way as Clay sends it, and it returns a json containing the access token. But Clay still returns an error. What am I doing wrong? Here’s the URL of the table but it has basically no data, the goal of it was trying to set up the HTTP with JWT Authentication module.

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Clay Team
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Hey hey! Can you drop the URL for your table here? (if applicable) 🫶 Don't worry, only admins will be able to open your table 😉
Xoel L.
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https://app.clay.com/workspaces/8735/tables/t_N8T5qSyT6305/views/gv_gDsB0PcJj0DO
Clay Team
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Hey Xoel, thanks for reaching out! I'll add Colin P. from the dev team to help us out when available.
Xoel L.
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Great, thanks Arturo!
Clay Team
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Xoel L. can you dm me your login credentials? will try this myself to get more details on the error message here
Clay Team
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Hi, I replied on Slack but got no answer.Here’s the cURL with the credentials to authenticate into the API I’m trying to use in Clay: curl --location '[https://api.theirstack.com/token_from_json](https://api.theirstack.com/token_from_json)' \ --header 'accept: application/json' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-raw '{ "username": "[xoelop.test4@gmail.com](mailto:xoelop.test4@gmail.com)", "password": "0B04z#Xt7K$i!wJ*" }'That endpoint is one that receives the email and password in the body of a JSON post, the way Clay sends them.There’s also another endpoint that receives the data according to the OAuth2 spec, in x-www-form-urlencoded format: ``` curl -X 'POST' '[https://api.theirstack.com/token](https://api.theirstack.com/token)' -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' -d 'grant_type=&username=http://xoelop.test4%40gmail.com|xoelop.test4%40gmail.com&password=0B04z%23Xt7K%24i!wJ&scope=&client_id=&client_secret='
Clay Team
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Please reply, a customer want to use our API and is considering Clay
Clay Team
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Thanks!
Colin P.
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Xoel L. are you certain these are the right credentials? i'm getting Incorrect username or password

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Hi Colin, thanks for the reply. There was a typo, a missing * in the second cURL. Here it is fixed:

curl -X 'POST' \
  'https://api.theirstack.com/token' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
  -d 'grant_type=&username=xoelop.test4%40gmail.com&password=0B04z%23Xt7K%24i!wJ*&scope=&client_id=&client_secret='

Or

curl --location 'https://api.theirstack.com/token' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'grant%C2%AD_type=' \
--data-urlencode 'username=xoelop.test4@gmail.com' \
--data-urlencode 'password=0B04z#Xt7K$i!wJ*' \
--data-urlencode 'scope=' \
--data-urlencode 'client%C2%AD_id=' \
--data-urlencode 'client%C2%AD_secret='

Xoel L.
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But Clay still returns an error, no matter what I do or what endpoint I use (both the /token one as well as the /token_from_json one that receives data in the format Clay sends it, in the body)
Clay Team
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Just a heads up Xoel L., the team is on holiday this week, but Colin will get back to you next week!
Xoel L.
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Cool, thanks
Xoel L.
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Hi, any updates on this?
Xoel L.
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hi guys, any updates? thanks a lot 😄
Clay Team
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Sorry for the delay, Xoel L.. I'll loop in Maggie W. in case she can help us check this out when available :)
Xoel L.
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No worries, thanks for the reply. Let me know if you need anything from our side
Maggie W.
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Hey Xoel L., I'm looking into this and will try to get you an answer soon!
Xoel L.
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Thanks, I appreciate that
Maggie W.
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Xoel L. can you show me an example on Postman of this POST request working with the given credentials? I've been trying to test this on my end and am only able to return the following error.
Xoel L.
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Yes, give me 5 mins

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Here you go, this is the curl

curl --location 'https://api.theirstack.com/token_from_json' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Cookie: _cfuvid=T9kq5VDULFF.FlcVCN3xmL4_NDDYV.fAKu3CwcgOPJE-1705422865026-0-604800000' \
--data-raw '{
  "username": "xoelop.test4@gmail.com",
  "password": "0B04z#Xt7K$i!wJ"
}'

To pass data via json you need to use the https://api.theirstack.com/token_from_json, you were using the /token version that requires data to be passed in x-www-form-encoded format

Maggie W.
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ok, yep with those credentials I was able to authenticate with Clay's Http API JWT enrichment on my own account, so this should be working and i dont think this is a bug on our end -- the only remaining issue is that it appears you'd need to upgrade your account to access this feature, since you're currently on a free plan and the feature is restricted to paid plans.
Xoel L.
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But when I browse the integrations available on Clay’s site, only the normal HTTP API appears to require a paid plan, whereas the HTTP API with JWT Authentication should be included in the free plan. Is that wrong? Is this the way to set it up? I just copied the same values from the screenshot above and it still displayed an error message Username: xoelop.test4@gmail.com Password: 0B04z#Xt7K$i!wJ JWT Token Endpoint: https://api.theirstack.com/token_from_json
Clay Team
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Hey Xoel, appreciate you pointing this out! Since this JWT method is still not too common, I'm guessing that's why we don't currently have it restricted as the rest.Due to the time off and late replies though, I'd be happy to reinstate the 2-week trial again so you can test it out with the other version to confirm it works; I just added that into your account again.
Clay Team
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Let us know, as Maggie mentioned, if you were able to use the regular version of HTTP API to establish a connection.
Xoel L.
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Hi! Now the JWT version worked. Is that because you put me on the trial? It would be for a customer of us that was interested in using Clay and would like to use our API on it, and I’d only need to help them from time to time (so paying 150/month just for that wouldn’t make sense for me, even if they pay for their own account). Is the JWT method paid-only, even if the web says it is not? And related, who should I talk to at Clay to have our jobs API integrated in Clay, like the Predictleads one? We have more jobs from them and cover the whole world - you can see more info at https://theirstack.com/en/for/recruitment Thanks for your help again!
Clay Team
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Ah, okay, then it does make sense that it wasn't working because of that reason. Unfortunately, that access is limited to those plans, even if you don't use Clay credits because the cost of running the infrastructure has to be accounted for.I can submit the request/ticket to add your API. We do have quite a few lined up but they'll review and reach out to check on this.
Xoel L.
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Amazing, having TheirStack integrated directly in Clay would be perfect for our customer as well, without having to deal with our API. Thanks Arturo!
Maggie W.
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Xoel L. Do you have an estimated number of users that would be planning to sign up for Clay accounts to use your API? The current provider integrations we have were integrated into the platform because they were in high demand from users.
Maggie W.
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Seeing as the HTTP JWT auth does work perfectly here assuming your credentials are right, I would direct your users towards using that in the meantime, and directing their support questions through us if they arise. It is unlikely we will write an integration for your api if there is an effective workaround and your user base includes as you mentioned only one user.
Xoel L.
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Hi! The customer I was talking to said he cancelled his Clay account, but also mentioned this about TheirStack:
Xoel L.
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Related
you can see from this video it says that Offchain Labs stack is JS, TS, Python but on their careers page they’re actually hiring for Rust and Go Engineers
https://www.loom.com/share/2b80e758cc9c43f39eef3032b09b5585
Xoel L.
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TLDR: ppparently TheirStack is much more accurate and gives quantitative data about technologies, compared to Predictleads
Clay Team
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Hey Xoel! Appreciate this. We'll look into it in time... since we have this in our logs, I'll close this ticket for now
:thumbsup_all:1
Xoel L.
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Cool, thanks for your help