I’m having trouble accessing Mailgun’s events API and keep running into authentication issues. Every time I try to make a request, I get a 401 unauthorized response even though I’m including my login details.
I’ve tested this in multiple ways but can’t seem to get it working. Here’s what I’ve tried:
curl -i -X GET -u [email protected]:***** 'https://api.mailgun.net/v3/mail.example.org/events'
I’m also testing the same endpoint using an API client tool, but I get the exact same unauthorized error there too. I’ve double checked my credentials and they seem correct. Has anyone encountered this before or can spot what I might be doing wrong with the authentication setup?
Also check you’re hitting the right region endpoint. If your Mailgun account’s on EU servers, you need api.eu.mailgun.net instead of the regular api.mailgun.net. Caught me off guard once - kept getting 401s even with the right API key.
Check your API key permissions in the Mailgun dashboard. I had the same auth issues when my key didn’t have the right scope for events data. Even with the correct api:key format, you’ll get 401s if the key can’t read events. Go to your Mailgun account settings and make sure the API key has full access or at least events:read enabled. Older API keys from before certain Mailgun updates might need to be completely regenerated. I had to create a fresh key to fix auth problems that wouldn’t go away just by updating permissions.