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I am trying to run the following SOQL query using POSTMAN but i am getting the following error. I have used the access token in the following statement.

SOQL Query:

https://ap1.salesforce.com/services/data/v29.0/query/?q=SELECT+Id+from+Account -H "Authorization:Bearer 00D90000000rBwy! ARIAQB2opHNgIk3xbxx83k3letsZYb8siO2slRTDQAhlFsUV1ov_nkKOdxapsHkj8RYF5ZqRG7q1eGCynmdIqNAVdKwFNXDM"

Error:

[ { "message": "Session expired or invalid", "errorCode": "INVALID_SESSION_ID" } ]

I have the access token which i generated in the same session and used the same tab in Google Chrome.

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But if i use the headers and specify the access token and content type in the headers then it worked correctly. Could someone please advice what is the issue in the first approach that is specifying the access token in the URL itself? Thanks.

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The first format, using -H, is for a curl command line command. You wouldn't use that format in postman, because that will cause it to appear in the query string.

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  • Thanks @sfdcfox. Can you please suggest a url format of executing SOQL in postman without specifying the headers separately?
    – Bforce
    Commented Nov 19, 2014 at 6:42
  • @BaskaranS The headers are required, because is how authentication works in salesforce.com. The "-H" parameter in curl also produces a header, but since it's a command-line interface, you don't see it as such.
    – sfdcfox ♦
    Commented Nov 19, 2014 at 15:25
  • Thanks @sfdcfox. I understood now. Thanks again for the clarification.
    – Bforce
    Commented Nov 19, 2014 at 16:13
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But if i use the headers and specify the access token and content type in the headers then it worked correctly. Could someone please advice what is the issue in the first approach that is specifying the access token in the URL itself? Thanks.

There is no issue. It is supposed to be in the header.

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    The OP is confusing documentation for postman and curl.
    – sfdcfox ♦
    Commented Nov 18, 2014 at 16:09

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