## TL;DR

HubSpot removed hapikey auth on the contacts API: migrate to private app bearer tokens. Replace ?hapikey [your value] an Authorization bearer header.

## Error

```text
hapikey is no longer supported on the contacts API
```

## Steps

1. Create a HubSpot private app and copy its access token Expected: you have the new credential.
2. Replace hapikey query params with the your auth header Expected: requests authenticate the new way.
3. Search the codebase for remaining hapikey uses Expected: nothing still uses the dead auth.
4. Re-run the contacts calls Expected: they succeed.

## When to use

- hapikey rejected on the contacts API
- API-key auth was sunset

## When not to use

- hapikey works elsewhere (it is deprecated everywhere; migrate anyway)
- Bearer token also fails (then check private app scopes)

## Tool compatibility

- HubSpot private apps
- CRM integrations

## Variant phrasings

### hapikey no longer supported

Migrate to private app bearer tokens.

### hubspot hapikey deprecated

Same: Authorization bearer header replaces ?hapikey [your value]

## Why it happens

hapikey was the documented auth for years, so old code and old agent memories still reach for it. HubSpot sunset it.

## Edge cases

- Private app tokens need the right scopes; a 403 after migrating means scopes, not auth
- hapikey in stored URLs and logs should be rotated out

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_90fOa28lxgQ2TeFdjeqAdA

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