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Issues with Python & SMS demo app

Hi folks,

I am juuuust getting started with RingCentral & Python, trying to run the sms.py sample app. I filled out .ENV as required, however, cannot run sms.py without error. I get the error:

Unable to authenticate to platform. Check credentials. Either code, or username with password, or jwt has to be provided

I have provided username, password, Client ID, etc. in .ENV and it is as if the script is ignoring it. I see a line of the script that says:

platform.login(jwt=os.environ.get('RC_JWT'))

which leads me to belive this sample .py file defaults to using JWT authentication? If so, how do I change it? If not, what might be wrong with my implementation?


Thank You!

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If you want to use username and password flow, you can define the username, password and extension number in your .env file and call the login method like this.

platform.login(os.environ.get('RC_USERNAME', os.environ.get('RC_EXTENSION', os.environ.get('RC_PASSWORD'))

We recommend developers to use JWT auth though.

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Nathanael B avatar image Nathanael B commented ·

Thank you sir, this was exactly what I was looking for. Just wanted to get a rough proof together before I dive into JWT :)

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