Invalid_client error using apikey

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I have a bash script that I have used in the past to establish a BW session and retirieve passwords for automated workflows. I haven’t used the script in 6 months - now when I am trying to resurrect it, I keep getting the error below.

I have made sure to trim whitespaces and I even rotated the key in case the old key was invalidated somehow but still I get the same error. Finally, I used the bw login --apikey from the command line, copying and pasting the client_id and client_secret and still I am getting the error so its not my script.

EDIT: If I use ‘bw login’ from the command line and manually type my email address and master password, it works. My Bitwarden install sits behind Cloudflare, I wonder if that has anything to do with it. Is there any log I can review?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

{“response”:{“error”:“invalid_client”},“captchaRequired”:false,“statusCode”:400}

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Figured it out. There were 2 issues:

  1. NGINX config was allowing an incorrect host (although it rarely changes, I don’t have a static IP and it changed from 6 months ago)
  2. bw config server was changed to default value of bitwarden.com (no idea how this happened? during an update?)

Anyway, my automated workflows are back online.

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Hello,

Is it possible to share your script.
I am currently working on a CLI related development and I would be very interested in using your script. Of course, I will share my development with you if you wish. I work with PHP.

Thanks.