# Invalid client\_id or client\_secret

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/invalid-client-id-or-client-secret/32621>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [October 8, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/invalid-client-id-or-client-secret/32621 "2020-10-08T14:48:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/invalid-client-id-or-client-secret/32621/2 "2020-10-08T14:48:31Z")

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Hey @jai

Thanks for posting on the Zoom Devforum! I am still learning, but I will try my best to help answer your question. 🙂

Checkout these related threads that may have the answer you are looking for:

> [@"Invalid client\_id or client\_secret"](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/-/5252):
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> [https://zoom.us/oauth/token?grant\_type=authorization\_code&code=](https://zoom.us/oauth/token?grant_type=authorization_code&code=){my code}&redirection\_uri={my callback URL} Making a POST Request to the above URL shows { "reason": "Invalid client\_id or client\_secret", "error": "invalid\_client" } I’m not quite sure what the issue is. I had copy pasted the correct client ID before generating the code.

> [@"Invalid client\_id or client\_secret" for some accounts, not others](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/-/11633):
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> We have an Oauth app in beta that has been working well for the last week or so for a handful of accounts. But now we’re getting this error: reason: “Invalid client\_id or client\_secret” error : “invalid\_client” We get this both through the API, and the user sees this error on [zoom.us](http://zoom.us) when they do the click-through authorization. But we’re only getting this error for users in one account, and it only started on Friday afternoon, and this account was working for nearly a week before. It cont…

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