# Issues retrieving the complete 1327-character access token

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632>\
**Category:** Industrial\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [10 November 2025 14:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632 "2025-11-10T14:22:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Janmcarlsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@Janmcarlsen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Janmcarlsen)\
**Post date:** [10 November 2025 14:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632/1 "2025-11-10T14:22:51Z")

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Hi, I’m having issues getting the complete token from a http request node. The node only returns 218 characters. If I use postman the token is much longer. It is in relation to an api call, with at username and password authentication. Username is included in the url and the password in the body

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [10 November 2025 16:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632/2 "2025-11-10T16:25:00Z")

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How do you know that it is only returning 218 characters?

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**Author:** ![Janmcarlsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@Janmcarlsen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Janmcarlsen)\
**Post date:** [10 November 2025 21:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632/3 "2025-11-10T21:58:47Z")

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Hi the string sats 218 characters and when copying it to excel and do a Len on it it is also 218

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [11 November 2025 07:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632/4 "2025-11-11T07:20:15Z")

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> [@Janmcarlsen](#):
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> the string sats 218 characters

Where does it say that?

How are you copying it to excel?

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**Author:** ![Janmcarlsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@Janmcarlsen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Janmcarlsen)\
**Post date:** [11 November 2025 07:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632/5 "2025-11-11T07:48:02Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/6/2636a604fcce3ce269be5a3d7c4c3b76dadea26d.png)  
this is a node.warn ("Length: " + msg.token.length) with a token copied form postman and when using that token I receive data.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/7/b7b7797a6a0d0fc89730691d68c0c4a462aaa43f.png)  
this is the output when using node red to request a token and I get authorization error

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [11 November 2025 08:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632/6 "2025-11-11T08:31:26Z")

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What is in the string? Does it look like the start of a token?

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**Author:** ![Janmcarlsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@Janmcarlsen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Janmcarlsen)\
**Post date:** [11 November 2025 11:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632/7 "2025-11-11T11:54:44Z")

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Hi, solved, my mistake there was 2 url links with v1 or v2. I used the wrong one. Thanks for helping.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [25 November 2025 11:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-retrieving-the-complete-1327-character-access-token/99632/8 "2025-11-25T11:55:39Z")

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