# Not getting JSON response body from POST request to https://zoom.us/oauth/token **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [August 4, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-json-response-body-from-post-request-to-https-zoom-us-oauth-token/26226 "2020-08-04T15:10:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jasonb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jasonb/32/13019_2.png) [@jasonb](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jasonb)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-json-response-body-from-post-request-to-https-zoom-us-oauth-token/26226/1 "2020-08-04T15:10:11Z")
**Description** During the OAuth 2 flow (Step 2), I am unexpectedly not getting a json response wheh making a POST request to [https://zoom.us/oauth/token](https://zoom.us/oauth/token). I am writing Python and this is my code: import requests import json URL = ‘[https://zoom.us/oauth/token?grant\_type=authorization\_code&code=AUTHORIZATIONCODE&redirect\_uri=REDIRECTURI](https://zoom.us/oauth/token?grant_type=authorization_code&code=AUTHORIZATIONCODE&redirect_uri=REDIRECTURI)’ clientParams= “Basic CLIENT\_ID:CLIENT\_SECRET” r = requests.post(URL, headers = {‘authorization’:clientParams}) r.json() **Error** Once the r.json() line executes, the program fails because the response body from the post request isn’t in JSON **Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?** OAuth ---
**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-json-response-body-from-post-request-to-https-zoom-us-oauth-token/26226/2 "2020-08-05T21:10:07Z")
Hey @jasonb, What is the response body from Zoom? Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![jasonb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/jasonb/32/13019_2.png) [@jasonb](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/jasonb)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/not-getting-json-response-body-from-post-request-to-https-zoom-us-oauth-token/26226/6 "2020-08-06T14:36:54Z")
@tommy here is the beginning of the r.text output ``` Error - Zoom