[RESOLVED] HTTPrequest (POST) Request API key Error

[dashley]

I'm trying to obtain an API key via an HTTPrequest (POST).
I'm using the “TEST server” data they provided.
Their website API instructions are at :
https://developer.estes-express.com/...kyNzc.#API-Key

The example provided by the API folks is:Test example only:

curl -X POST 'https://uat-cloudapi.estes-express.com/v1/api-key'
-H 'accept: application/json'
-u ClientID:ClientSecret
{redacted}'

Basically it says if you send in the client-id and client-secret in the header the response will return the API key.
I keep getting an error "401 Not Authorized” .

My code is below. am I missing something?

thanks

-dan

      Dim clientid As String = ("{redacted}")
       Dim clientsecret As String = ("{redacted}")


          Dim response As HttpWebResponse = Nothing
       Dim request As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create("https://uat-cloudapi.estes-express.com/v1/api-key"), HttpWebRequest)

       request.Method = ("POST")
       request.Accept = "application/json"
       request.Headers.Add(clientid, clientsecret)

       Try
           Dim httpResponse As System.Net.HttpWebResponse = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
           Dim sr As System.IO.StreamReader = New System.IO.StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream())
           sr.Close()


       Catch ex As WebException
           Dim errmsg As String = ex.Message
           If ex.Response IsNot Nothing Then
               Dim httpResponse As HttpWebResponse = DirectCast(ex.Response, HttpWebResponse)
               Console.WriteLine($"HTTP Error: {httpResponse.StatusCode} - {httpResponse.StatusDescription}")

           End If

       End Try