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This is really frustrating for me as I have followed the instructions to the letter, but again nothing works as it is supposed to... All I want to do is configure civicrm to allow access to admin user through REST API.

I have read both:
           a) http://en.flossmanuals.net/civicrm/ch066_api
           b) http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC33/REST+interface

Steps followed:
           a) Configured Site_Key in civicrm.settings.php
           b) Uncommented out lines in civicrm/CRM/Utils/REST.php
           c) Went to address: http://ip-address/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/rest.php?q=civicrm/login&name=<user>&pass=<pass>&key=<site_key>&json=1
           d) Returned:
               {"is_error":0,"api_key":"<api_key>","PHPSESSID":"<phpsessid>","key":"<key>"}
           e) Went to address when not logged in: http://ip-address/civicrm/ajax/rest?fnName=civicrm/contact/search&json=1&key=<key>&PHPSESSID=<phpsessid>

All i get is access denied, I have also checked the civicrm_contact field and it shows my api_key (specified in civicrm.settings.php) for the <user> inside the table.

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thank you for your time, greatly appreciated ^_^

Hi, thank you very much for your reply. I do have clean urls enabled. The links you send unfortunately did not work on any browser... I was wondering if this is a problem since I generated a new phpsessid / key for a user that already had api access previously.... I am also confused about which key to use in the path? My <site_key> defined in civicrm.settings.php or the <key> returned from the response when registering (/login/civicrm) a user for api access?

Response
{"is_error":0,"api_key":"<api_key>","PHPSESSID":"<phpsessid>","key":"<key>"}

Path to enter in browser( which key should be used? <api_key> or <key>??)
http://www.yoursite.org/?q=civicrm/ajax/rest&fnName=civicrm/contact/get&json=1&key=<WHICH KEY?>&PHPSESSID=<phpsessid>

P.S. The api_key for my user in civicrm_contact refers to api_key defined in civicrm.settings.php is this right?

Thanks again for any help as this is extremely weird why doesn't work...

Use the site key from the civicrm.settings.php as &key=<site_key>

Use either the PHPSESSID returned once you are logged in, or the api_key. The api_key has to be set for the specific user you are loggin in with, and you need to set it directly in the civicrm_contact table using phpmyadmin (or another tool to get to the table), it does NOT refer to the key you set in civicrm.settings.php!

Hope this helps.....there is nothing wrong with the call in itself, they work on my machine. Something is not right in your setup, and I have suspicions about the api_key :-). As Xavier just mentioned, follow the instruction from the manual? And Xavier, I am correct in thinking that the user HAS to have an api_key even if you use the PHPSESSID, am I not?

You guys are awesome, I really appreciate your help, the problem was I was confused about site_key in civicrm.settings.php and api_key in the returned response... In addition to this varnish had to be bypassed in order to not get the access denied error.

Again great community and I really appreciate the effort!