> Oops I need pay attention.

> Now my request looks ok, but I received an error says "You do not have
> the proper permission to execute this operation." during the test
> donation access.

> I saw the token lifetime by default is set to 10 hours. So first I get
> the token value, then when I click the "Submit" button, send out
> donation request.

> here is the calling url---https://api-test.globalgiving.org/api/secure/givingservice/donations?...

> Am I doing something wrong?

> Thank you,

> ellen

> On Sep 16, 6:34 pm, "marcelo.barth" <marcelo.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hi Ellen,

> > When copying and pasting our example XML, it looks like you deleted
> > one too many characters when getting rid of the carriage returns.

> > The donation element is not properly formatted, therefore, our parser
> > could not unmarshall your request.

> > donation> should be <donation>

> > The refcode element is there to allow you to track the request through
> > our system.

> > When you receive a response the refcode returned should match the one
> > you provided in your request.

> > The value to provide for refcode, is any unique identifier you want to
> > use, limited to 100 characters that is.

> > Marcelo

> > On Sep 16, 3:55 pm, Ellen <ellen.hu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Marcelo,

> > > Now I get token!

> > > Well,  I had same "bad request" when I try my test donation.

> > > Here is the donation string which I copied from your site:
> > >    string xml = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>donation><refcode>123456789</refcode><transactionId>abc12 3</

> > > transactionId><email>john....@hotmail.com</email><amount>25</
> > > amount><project><id>1883</id></
> > > project><payment_detail><firstname>John</firstname><lastname>Doe</
> > > lastname><address>3380 Pearlman Avenue</address><address2>Suite 200</
> > > address2><city>Washington</city><state>DC</
> > > state><iso3166CountryCode>US</iso3166CountryCode><zip>20001</zip></
> > > donation>";

> > > Path ishttps://api-test.globalgiving.org/api/secure/givingservice/donation&a...

> > > One thing I am not sure is the refcode, in your site says" your
> > > external identifier for this request which is returned in the
> > > response, required (maximum 100 characters)". I am sending a donation
> > > request, and waiting for response; then what value should I put in?

> > > Thank you,
> > > ellen

> > > On Sep 16, 3:13 pm, "marcelo.barth" <marcelo.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > Hi Ellen,

> > > > I just improved the error message to highlight the error that is
> > > > occurring. In your case there were 2 problems with the XML submitted.

> > > > 1) the xml declaration has an extra space in it at the end after the
> > > > '?': <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"? > should be <?xml
> > > > version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>

> > > > 2) there's an extra space after the closing '/' in the auth_request
> > > > element: </ auth_request> should be </auth_request>

> > > > Now the error messages will look like the following, highlighting the
> > > > problem:

> > > > 1)

> > > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
> > > > <error_response>
> > > >   <error_code>400</error_code>
> > > >   <errors>
> > > >     <error>
> > > >       <error_message>Problem with received message of content type
> > > > [application/xml]. Problem area [The XML declaration must end with "?>".]</error_message>

> > > >     </error>
> > > >   </errors>
> > > >   <status>Bad Request</status>
> > > > </error_response>

> > > > and

> > > > 2)

> > > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
> > > > <error_response>
> > > >   <error_code>400</error_code>
> > > >   <errors>
> > > >     <error>
> > > >       <error_message>Problem with received message of content type
> > > > [application/xml]. Problem area [The element type "auth_request" must
> > > > be terminated by the matching end-tag "&lt;/auth_request>".]</
> > > > error_message>
> > > >     </error>
> > > >   </errors>
> > > >   <status>Bad Request</status>
> > > > </error_response>

> > > > Hope that helps in your development.

> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Marcelo

> > > > On Sep 16, 12:34 pm, Ellen <ellen.hu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > > Marcelo,

> > > > > The code will stop at   rsp = req.GetResponse();, and I am getting the
> > > > > same error-- bad request.

> > > > > have you counter this kind of issue before?

> > > > > what I could think is 1)request didn't well formed? 2)  request didn't
> > > > > match your end format? 3)or simply end won't pick a call from .net
> > > > > platform?

> > > > > Sorry to bother you again,

> > > > > ellen

> > > > > On Sep 16, 12:05 pm, "marcelo.barth" <marcelo.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > > > Hi Ellen,

> > > > > > The accounts on our test server (api-test) were not fully replicated
> > > > > > with the accounts from production. It has been updated so you should
> > > > > > be able to retrieve a token now.

> > > > > > I ran a test using the credentials you provided and retrieved a token
> > > > > > successfully pointing to our test server.

> > > > > > Let us know if you experience anymore issues.

> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Marcelo