HTTP request header Authorization ¶

Description ¶

The HTTP Authorization request header contains the credentials to authenticate a user agent with a server, usually after the server has responded with a 401 Unauthorized status and the WWW-Authenticate header.

Syntax ¶

           Authorization: <type> <credentials>

          

Examples ¶

Example 1 ¶

             GET programs/XXX/?TTTTTTTTTT=RRRR&ZZZZZZ=PPPPPPPPP HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Authorization: Token XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Connection: keep-alive
Host: localhost:8005
User-Agent: HTTPie/1.0.2

            

Example 2 ¶

             http -vvv -a username:password http://localhost:8003/admin/

            

             GET /admin/ HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Authorization: Basic <data cryptees>
Connection: keep-alive
Host: localhost:8003
User-Agent: HTTPie/1.0.2

            