aws amaon connect chat aws connectparticipant send-message --content-type 'text/plain' --content hi --connection-token xxxx gives "User is not authorized to access this resource with an explicit deny

Question

for unit testing I am exercising amazon connect chat via cli 
aws connect start-chat-contact   <<< comes back with ParticipantToken
aws connectparticipant create-participant-connection --type WEBSOCKET --participant-token  <<<  come back with ParticipantToken

aws connectparticipant send-message --content-type 'text/plain' --content hi --connection-token xxxx  gives "User is not authorized to access this resource with an explicit deny"

user has Administrator rights

Answer

Hi,

your request is rejected since you're passing the participant token on your send-message operation instead of the connection token.

You can come around by changing the connection type like this:

```
aws connect start-chat-contact --instance-id XXX --contact-flow-id YYY --participant-details DisplayName=ZZZ
// Returns participantToken
aws connectparticipant create-participant-connection --type CONNECTION_CREDENTIALS --participant-token 
// Returns connectionToken
aws connectparticipant send-message --content-type text/plain --content hi --connection-token 
/* Returns MessageId and timestamp e.g.:
{
    "Id": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE22222",
    "AbsoluteTime": "2022-10-26T07:03:19.534Z"
}
*/

```

aws amaon connect chat aws connectparticipant send-message --content-type 'text/plain' --content hi --connection-token xxxx gives "User is not authorized to access this resource with an explicit deny

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