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Tracker create_list() function keeps retuning a 403

See original GitHub issue

When I try to use the Tracker.create_list() operation I keep receiving the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/env/lib/python3.7/site-packages/easypost/__init__.py", line 800, in create_list
    response, api_key = requestor.request("post", url, params)
  File "/env/lib/python3.7/site-packages/easypost/__init__.py", line 208, in request
    response = self.interpret_response(http_body, http_status)
  File "/env/lib/python3.7/site-packages/easypost/__init__.py", line 273, in interpret_response
    self.handle_api_error(http_status, http_body, response)
  File "/env/lib/python3.7/site-packages/easypost/__init__.py", line 337, in handle_api_error
    raise Error(error.get("message", ""), http_status, http_body)
easypost.Error: This api key is no longer active. Please use a different api key or reactivate this key.

I have confirmed multiple times that the key is valid and I am able to do other requests with the same key, for example, I can create individual trackers through the following operation Tracker.create() with the same API key.

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

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Justintime50commented, Nov 5, 2021

In Postman, you could use a raw JSON body like the following which works as intended:

curl -X POST https://api.easypost.com/v2/trackers/create_list \
  -u "API_KEY:" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"trackers":{
    "0":{"tracking_code":"EZ1000000001", "carrier":"USPS"},
    "1":{"tracking_code":"EZ1000000001", "carrier":"USPS"},
    "2":{"tracking_code":"EZ1000000001", "carrier":"USPS"},
    "3":{"tracking_code":"EZ1000000001", "carrier":"USPS"}
  }}'

There is a bug here where the API key is getting the tracking code as a value so the request fails because the tracking code getting passed isn’t a valid API key. We’ll need to patch this.

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Justintime50commented, Apr 13, 2022

This should have been corrected and will be included in v7.0.0; however, I’d also recommend what @LoganSimonsen suggested and use our normal trackers endpoint as it’s more stable than creating trackers in bulk.

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