Getting 403 Forbidden error while creating space

Akanshi Kumari

I am trying to create a space using rest API but getting 403 forbidden error
MEthod: POST

url: http://10.50.4.74:8090/rest/api/space
Authentication: Basic Auth
payload: 

{

     "key": "space_key",

     "name": "space_name"

}

Error:

{

    "statusCode": 403,

    "data": {

        "authorized": false,

        "valid": true,

        "allowedInReadOnlyMode": true,

        "errors": [],

        "successful": false

    },

    "message": "Cannot create Space",

    "reason": "Forbidden"

}

Marc -Devoteam-

Hi @Akanshi Kumari 

This means you don't have been granted a group membership on the global permissions in Confluence that is able to create a space.

Are you able to create a space form the GUI, if not you a certain that the above is the case.