WordPress API returning “That API call is not allowed for this account” error

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  kimposter · Member · Aug 16, 2015 at 10:18 am

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  Hello. First-time poster. Could anyone please give me some direction as to why the first API request works but the second returns a “That API call is not allowed for this account” error? Other than “sites” at the end, they are identical in terms of method, access token, etc.

  This one Works :)

  https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/me/?access_token=thisIsMyValidAccessToken

  This one doesn’t work :(

  https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/me/sites/?access_token=thisIsMyValidAccessToken

  Both queries work here: https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/console/

  I’ve spent days on this. Any suggestions would be wonderful.

  EDIT: This is the OAUTH request I’m making to grab the token, and it still doesn’t work.

  https://public-api.wordpress.com/oauth2/authorize

  Thanks.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Aug 18, 2015 at 5:54 pm

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  Howdy!

  Here’s the reply from our api team:

  Since the /me/sites endpoint lists multiple sites, it requires a globally scoped OAuth token, rather than a token scoped to a single site. See our OAuth2 Authentication documentation for more info, specifically the scope parameter: https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/oauth2/