Error on campanion with demo account

[FunkyMonk]

Hi,

When I turn the companion on demo mode and I pass the demo account and apikey generated in my account settings, I get a 200 and can successfuly login.

After this, on every get that I try, I get the following error. For example, after running get accounts:

{
    "errorCode": "error.public-api.failure.stockbroking-not-supported"
}

Is there something that I need to request / activate for my account?

[bug-or-feature]

This happens when you have another type of account with IG, like an ISA or Share Dealing account, and that one is set to be the default account. You see that error because the API does not support trading with those types of accounts.

You can resolve this by setting your default account to be your spread betting account. Using the web interface, go to:  My IG > Settings > Default view, and select the spread bet account there. That's the easiest way.

There is another way to do it via the Companion, but its more fiddly. For this one you need to know the 5 letter account ID for your spread bet account. Log into the companion as you did previously. After you have the 200 response from logging in, you then need to manipulate the security headers manually for subsequent requests. You do this by setting  values in the Headers section at the top of the right hand pane. Enter "IG-ACCOUNT-ID" into Name, then your spreadbet account ID into Value. Then click the "Add/Change" button