Authentication Commands

Authenticate with Basic Auth, Bearer tokens, and custom auth headers.

6 commands

Pro Tips

Use -A bearer for Bearer token authentication

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

Use Basic Authentication.

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

Use Bearer token.

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

Set Authorization header.

$ xh -A digest -a user:pass GET https://api.example.com/protected

Use HTTP Digest Authentication.

$ xh --auth-type=bearer --netrc GET https://api.example.com

Read credentials from .netrc file.

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

Prompt for password interactively.