Trying to use 'Postman' and having trouble setting Basic access authentication Headers

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fresh5447 picture fresh5447 · Aug 22, 2015 · Viewed 78.9k times · Source

I have an API endpoint that I am trying to test with the google app: 'Postman'. I need to set the headers which use 'Basic authentication'. I am not sure what should go in 'Header: Value'

This is how the admin said the headers should be set: "The head value is the word 'Basic' followed by your org name and your Api key separated by a colon and base64 encoded."

I have tried numerous things but I am not getting it quite right. The error I get is "Message: Token not set".

Answer

MinusFour picture MinusFour · Aug 22, 2015

Your header field should look like this:

Header : Authorization

Value : Basic base64('YourOrgName:YourAPIKEY');

You can get the base64 value of your string here:

https://www.base64encode.org/

For example, for my-org-name:123key4api it should be bXktb3JnLW5hbWU6MTIza2V5NGFwaQ==.

The complete header would look like:

Authorization: Basic bXktb3JnLW5hbWU6MTIza2V5NGFwaQ==

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