# Bad Request errors setting up account auth in HubSpot CLI

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/bad-request-errors-setting-up-account-auth-in-hubspot-cli/141185>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** developer-tools\
**Created:** [October 16, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bad-request-errors-setting-up-account-auth-in-hubspot-cli/141185 "2025-10-16T15:56:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![iBos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@iBos](https://community.hubspot.com/u/iBos)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bad-request-errors-setting-up-account-auth-in-hubspot-cli/141185/1 "2025-10-16T15:56:10Z")

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Following the instructions in the developer documentation, I’ve installed hubspot cli (v7.8.0)

Calling

hs get-started

gives an error

[ERROR] A hubspot.config.yml file could not be found

Calling

hs init

or

hs account auth

gives a massive node.js error, the detailMessage is ‘The request was bad.’

Looks like the failure is calling POST [https://api.hubapi.com/content/filemapper/v1/cms-cli-usage](https://api.hubapi.com/content/filemapper/v1/cms-cli-usage)

I’ve tried that in a REST client with the payload extracted from the error message and I get a 202 OK response

Any help?

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**Author:** ![kosalaindrasiri](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kosalaindrasiri/32/44349_2.png) [@kosalaindrasiri](https://community.hubspot.com/u/kosalaindrasiri)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/bad-request-errors-setting-up-account-auth-in-hubspot-cli/141185/2 "2025-10-16T19:16:15Z")

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Hey @iBos,

Can you share your Node version?

HubSpot CLI v8.0.0 and later require Node.js 20 or higher.

Reference: [Install the HubSpot CLI - HubSpot docs](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/developer-tooling/local-development/hubspot-cli/install-the-cli#install-dependencies)

Further reference about hs init command: [HubSpot CLI commands overview - HubSpot docs](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/developer-tooling/local-development/hubspot-cli/reference#hs-init-command)

Please check whether this is the issue.

Regards,

_Moderator Note: this post was reviewed for relevancy and optimized for clarity on September 29, 2026. Thank you for your contributions to the HubSpot Community!_