HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized

[RaiaN]

Hello.
We experience a lot of 401 errors just after 28 October. Changing API key is not working. Could you say is that ok?
We are using sendgrid-python installed from pip like "pip install sendgrid".

Code:

            sg = sendgrid.SendGridAPIClient(api_key=API_KEY)
            subject = "Some subject"
            from_email = "1@gmail.com"
            to_email = "2@gmail.com"
            content = Content('text/html', html content)
            mail = Mail(Email(from_email), subject, Email(to_email), content)
            response = sg.client.mail.send.post(request_body=mail.get())
            msg, status = response.body, response.status_code
            logging.info(status)
            logging.info(msg)

Tried to set ENV variable but it doesn't help too.

Best regards,
Peter

[RaiaN]

Actually that error simply means we exceeded monthly quota. Is that possible to change Exception 401 to more meaningful?

[thinkingserious]

Thank @RaiaN! I'll pass along that feedback.

[mbernier]

Hey @RaiaN what is the exact message you are receiving from the endpoint?

[yuz835]

sh-3.2# python run_email.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run_email.py", line 14, in
response = sg.client.mail.send.post(request_body=mail.get())
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/python_http_client/client.py", line 204, in http_request
return Response(self._make_request(opener, request))
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/python_http_client/client.py", line 138, in _make_request
return opener.open(request)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 475, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized

[yuz835]

using SendGrid's Python Library

https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-python

import sendgrid
import os
from sendgrid.helpers.mail import *

sg = sendgrid.SendGridAPIClient(apikey=os.environ.get('SENDGRIDKEY'))
from_email = Email("xxx@hotmail.com")
to_email = Email("xxxx@gmail.com")
subject = u"Sending with SendGrid is Fun"
content = Content("text/plain", "and easy to do anywhere, even with Python")
mail = Mail(from_email, subject, to_email, content)
response = sg.client.mail.send.post(request_body=mail.get())
print(response.status_code)
print(response.body)
print(response.headers)

[thinkingserious]

Hello @yuz835,

To rule out the API Key, could you please try this: https://sendgrid.com/docs/Classroom/Send/v3_Mail_Send/curl_examples.html#-Hello-World

If you still have issues, please reach out to https://support.sendgrid.com so they can dig into your account for further assistance.

Thanks!

[yuz835]

the API key works with https://sendgrid.com/docs/Classroom/Send/v3_Mail_Send/curl_examples.html#-Hello-World
but still see urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
when using
import sendgrid
import os
from sendgrid.helpers.mail import *

sg = sendgrid.SendGridAPIClient(apikey=os.environ.get('SENDGRIDKEY'))
from_email = Email("xxx@hotmail.com")
to_email = Email("xxxx@gmail.com")
subject = u"Sending with SendGrid is Fun"
content = Content("text/plain", "and easy to do anywhere, even with Python")
mail = Mail(from_email, subject, to_email, content)
response = sg.client.mail.send.post(request_body=mail.get())
print(response.status_code)
print(response.body)
print(response.headers)

[thinkingserious]

What is your dev platform? If if it's a Unix variant, can you go to your shell and type echo $SENDGRIDKEY to make sure it's set properly?

[yuz835]

This one worked for me: https://sendgrid.com/docs/Classroom/Send/v3_Mail_Send/curl_examples.html#-Hello-World

but the python doesnt work, anyway, I made a workaround by using curl

[thinkingserious]

Hello @yuz835,

Thanks for the follow up!

Were you able to try my suggestion above? I believe your issue with the Python library is that the SENDGRIDKEY environment variable is not being set correctly.

[yuz835]

Hi, @thinkingserious ,

thanks, it works now, there is a typo in SENDGRIDKEY

Regards