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You are using a POST request https://api.getpostman.com/scim/v2/Users, and the response returns the following error message:

{"schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error"],"detail": "Unable to access the team. Check if you have entered a valid API key.","status": "401"}

How to unblock yourself

  • Verify your Postman team plan .
    • Provisioning with SCIM is only available to Postman Enterprise plans .
  • If you’re on an Enterprise plan , make sure you have generated a SCIM API KEY .

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Submit a support request and include the following information:

  • Console logs from the request.
  • Emails of all the impacted users.
  • The owner of the SCIM API Key.

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