Zillow API and Postman Get request authorization Error message
droamer opened this issue · 23 comments
I recently acquired a zws-ID and I'm trying to make a GET request in Postman with the the following: https://www.zillow.com/webservice/GetRegionChildren.htm?<my_zws-ID> . I receive the following response.
<RegionChildren:regionchildren xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.zillow.com/static/xsd/RegionChildren.xsd https://www.zillowstatic.com/vstatic/091b98a/static/xsd/RegionChildren.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:RegionChildren="http://www.zillow.com/static/xsd/RegionChildren.xsd">
Error: this account is not authorized to execute this API call
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</RegionChildren:regionchildren>
I thought that acquiring the zws-id would authorize me to pull data from Zillow's API, so I'm confused on what it means with the "Error: this account is not authorized to execute this API call". Has anyone found out how to get past this yet?
I ended up figuring it out. I had to go back to "My account settings" then clicking on "Edit API information" then click on all the APIs I wanted access to and click save. About after an hour I was able to make calls to the Zillow API.
resolved by changing settings configurations
I ended up figuring it out. I had to go back to "My account settings" then clicking on "Edit API information" then click on all the APIs I wanted access to and click save. About after an hour I was able to make calls to the Zillow API.
Its not working for me . Can you please help ?
I met same issue when trying to use get_deep_search_results(). Under My account settings -> Edit API information -> Select API(s), there are only 4: Directory API, Mortgage API, Profile Summary API and Reviews API. Is this right? Please help. Thanks.
I`m getting the same error and I have the following checked in my account
Directory API, Profile Summary API and Reviews API.
can anyone please help. Appreciate it
I am getting the same errors in the R package that communicates with the Zillow API. My guess is this is an issue on Zillow's end. I should note that when I go into my account on Zillow and try to change my selected API permissions, I get a 500 error, telling me "Our Server is Unavailable Now."
I get the same error "Our Server is unavailable now'. This is been like that for past 4 days now
In another discussion thread on stack overflow(https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61960880/zillow-api-having-issues-with-running-basic-commands), I noticed other users have a longer API list, which includes a "Property Details API". I believe that's why we get authentication error. But I don't understand why people get different API lists.
I have been getting the same 500 error too for over a week now. I have brought it up with Zillow's API support team and still no word.
Same here, tried to update my selected API's but got Invalid security check. Please reload the page and try again. then a 500 after reloading->resubmitting.
Same error:
Error: this account is not authorized to execute this API call
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On account settings, there are only four options. No property details option.
Same error:
Error: this account is not authorized to execute this API call
6On account settings, there are only four options. No property details option.
Same here. I did send an email to Zillow about this and it's been 2 weeks with no reply.
Zillow sent an email that should have gone to the address you used to sign up for an API key. Key passages:
As of September 2020, we will be transitioning our current self-register API systems, over to the Bridge API network. Bridge offers the most flexible and secure tools at the lowest cost in the marketplace. Our technology gives you solid, consistent access to approved Zillow Group data. A full list of the datasets that will be available going forward can be found in our API documentation page:
Zillow sent an email that should have gone to the address you used to sign up for an API key. Key passages:
As of September 2020, we will be transitioning our current self-register API systems, over to the Bridge API network. Bridge offers the most flexible and secure tools at the lowest cost in the marketplace. Our technology gives you solid, consistent access to approved Zillow Group data. A full list of the datasets that will be available going forward can be found in our API documentation page:
Does this mean the service will not be available until September?
I received a response back from Zillow: "I'll put you in touch with our MLS data business team to discuss your needs. It looks like that error is a result of us no longer allowing self-register access to our API suite."
Looks like they are only allowing Zillow API access on a case-by-case basis. Hopefully they will remove the option to check in the API data options to minimize further confusion.
Thanks for this @jamesfrazier81, @shabbychef and everyone else that responded! Nice to know i'm not going crazy. Sucks to think I spent a day or two banging my head against a wall for nothing....oh well, off to the next thing 🚀
This seems promising
https://www.zillowgroup.com/developers/api/mls-broker-data/mls-listings/
I ended up figuring it out. I had to go back to "My account settings" then clicking on "Edit API information" then click on all the APIs I wanted access to and click save. About after an hour I was able to make calls to the Zillow API.
Seems like they removed the option from their settings...
I ended up figuring it out. I had to go back to "My account settings" then clicking on "Edit API information" then click on all the APIs I wanted access to and click save. About after an hour I was able to make calls to the Zillow API.
Where is the Edit API information?
no options its removed
I guess this change in api access killed this and all other projects that used the API. Well if they won't let me get my info out I guess my only recourse is to remove as much of my data from their database as possible.