# Invalid API Token

**URL:** <https://forum.algorand.co/t/invalid-api-token/7328>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 2, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/invalid-api-token/7328 "2022-07-02T01:19:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![nickeleres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@nickeleres](https://forum.algorand.co/u/nickeleres)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/invalid-api-token/7328/9 "2022-07-03T22:45:23Z")

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I found that `./goal` commands are requiring API authentication, but by switching my shell scripts to use `goal` client (without API token setting), my commands work as expected…weird.

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