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Authentication Commands

Authenticate requests with Basic Auth, Bearer tokens, digest auth, and custom authentication.

6 commands

Pro Tips

Use -A bearer for Bearer token authentication

$ http -a username:password GET https://api.example.com/protected

Use Basic Authentication.

$ http -A bearer -a token123 GET https://api.example.com/users

Use Bearer token authentication.

$ http GET https://api.example.com/users Authorization:'Bearer token123'

Set Authorization header directly.

$ http --auth-type=digest -a user:pass https://api.example.com

Use Digest authentication.

$ http -a username GET https://api.example.com/protected

Omit password to get an interactive prompt.

$ http --auth-type=netrc GET https://api.example.com/data

Use credentials from ~/.netrc file.