# Testing AirTable runs forever **URL:** \ **Category:** External Collections, Custom Actions & Collections\ **Created:** [July 3, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/testing-airtable-runs-forever/29015 "2022-07-03T00:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chessdr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@chessdr](https://forum.adalo.com/u/chessdr)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/testing-airtable-runs-forever/29015/1 "2022-07-03T00:13:34Z")
In my Header Authorization Value, I have the word "Bearer " followed by my AirTable APIKey. When I hit the “Test API Setup” it just spins and spins and spins. I do have one record in my AirTable table. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/f/e/fe358241aae1f99ae46cb3cd5ac26b1f79c7c894.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dilon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/dilon/32/39815_2.png) [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/testing-airtable-runs-forever/29015/2 "2022-07-03T06:32:57Z")
Hi @chessdr, Welcome to the community 🥳 So it just keeps loading and you don’t get the **Test Successful** message? Did you try closing this by clicking the cancel button and reload your tab and start creating again? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![chessdr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@chessdr](https://forum.adalo.com/u/chessdr)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/testing-airtable-runs-forever/29015/3 "2022-07-03T14:43:25Z")
I did close out of everything and then back in and still getting this error: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/a/7/a71e53292417976d5b03e2a83f43e24ecee792a2.png) Here’s my table (I will delete this row after I can get this thing to work!) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/6/6/667f57a25adac15c2bf31f9be4a526c9206a8f60.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dilon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/dilon/32/39815_2.png) [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/testing-airtable-runs-forever/29015/4 "2022-07-03T14:50:53Z")
Seems like a issue in your Header. Do you have a space between the Bearer and the API Key? Can you delete the value in the Header’s value and add again Bearer and a space and the api key? ---
**Author:** ![chessdr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@chessdr](https://forum.adalo.com/u/chessdr)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/testing-airtable-runs-forever/29015/5 "2022-07-03T15:51:59Z")
I went back and did the same thing over again and in my Header it does have a space between the word Bearer and my api\_key, Bearer MY\_API\_KEY And I get the API\_KEY from below after I click anywhere in the purple area to unhide it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/5/4/54eeeaa8215a22c5aaba3896ae8acf0b2bf9edae.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dilon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/dilon/32/39815_2.png) [@Dilon](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dilon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/testing-airtable-runs-forever/29015/6 "2022-07-03T16:30:42Z")
Did you try regenerating a new API key and add that with Bearer and space? On your Header’s value type Bearer and then paste the API key and then add the space on the middle of them. ( A space after Bearer ) ---
**Author:** ![chessdr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@chessdr](https://forum.adalo.com/u/chessdr)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/testing-airtable-runs-forever/29015/7 "2022-07-03T19:16:50Z")
I just tried regenerating a new API key, and it does have a space after the word “Bearer” with the new key pasted in, still getting the same error message about Authentication Required. ---
**Author:** ![chessdr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@chessdr](https://forum.adalo.com/u/chessdr)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/testing-airtable-runs-forever/29015/8 "2022-07-03T20:27:08Z")
I got this to work by finding a similar person having the same problem on Google! The Header looks like it has the word Authorization, but that’s like some helper display. Once I typed it in again it’s working!! Thanks for your good efforts in trying to get me unstuck!