Pass Token to World Geocode Service - Invalid Token

[KeithSandell]

I have to use python and the REST API to geocode records against the ArcGIS Online World Geocoding service.

I can successfully request a token, but when the token is passed as part of the geocode request I get an error message returned that it is invalid, with no other information. I've tried passing it as a url parameter and/or a header and both.

If I omit the the token and the forStorage parameter I can successfully obtain a response as expected, but I can't use this method because I need to store the results.

The server that the python script is running on is a VM in a Microsoft hosting environment. The token request requires the referring "website". In this case it is not a website, but a server so I am substituting the IP address of the server, assuming this is how the geocoding service is validating the geocode request. I've tried both the internal and external IP addresses, but neither have worked.

The docs recommend not using the REST API, but I have no choice in this case.

I need to know more about how the geocoding service is validating the token and how it interprets "websites" or in my case an ip address.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[MikeMinami]

You might try cross posting in the Python or arcgis REST forums

http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/117-Python
http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/227-ArcGIS-REST-API

Thanks,

Mike

[KeithSandell]

Thanks, I did that.

Although I'm not sure anyone outside of Esri is going to be able to answer this...

[MikeMinami · Accepted solution]

I am not a coder, but I  asked around and got this response...hopefully it helps.

He needs to make sure that the http referer passed along with the geocode request is the same url he used when generating the token.

thanks,

Mike

[KeithSandell]

Just arrived at that conclusion. I assumed that python was passing a referer with the request. After I added it manually all was good.

[GeoffreyDrower]

Did this end up working for you? What format did you use for your referrer.. I'm having similar issues, but even when I pass along a referrer in the token request and geocode request... it still gives me 'Invalid Token'