Getting 403 Forbidden error while creating space

I am trying to create a space using rest API but getting 403 forbidden error
MEthod: POST

url: http://10.50.4.74:8090/rest/api/space
Authentication: Basic Auth
payload:

{

"key": "space_key",

"name": "space_name"

}

Error:

{

"statusCode": 403,

"data": {

"authorized": false,

"valid": true,

"allowedInReadOnlyMode": true,

"errors": [],

"successful": false

"message": "Cannot create Space",

"reason": "Forbidden"

}

1 answer

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This means you don't have been granted a group membership on the global permissions in Confluence that is able to create a space.

Are you able to create a space form the GUI, if not you a certain that the above is the case.

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Yes from the GUI I am able to create space/pages but not from REST API

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