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At a quick glance, looks like the problem might be the quotes around the authorization key. You have 'Authorization: "JWT"', but it should be 'Authorization: JWT'. Try removing those internal quotes and trying again

Thanks for the bug report. Also thanks for the screenshot, but I have removed it from the post because it contained your JWT which should be kept private. I’ll take a look at this and get back to you.

that worked! thanks. I figured it was something silly I was doing.

Trouble with api_token authorization at https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/#!/Comments/post_comments

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Trouble with api_token authorization at https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/#!/Comments/post_comments

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