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Authorization header

You use the HTTP Authorization request header to provide the authentication token for a request. The value of this header is HCP followed by the authentication token, in this format:

Authorization: HCP authentication-token

For example, here’s the Authorization header for a user named myuser and password p2Ss#0rd:

Authorization: HCP bXl1c2Vy:6ecaf581f6879c9a14ca6b76ff2a6b15

Specifying the Authorization header with cURL

With cURL, you use the -H option to specify a header, like this:

curl -H "Authorization: HCP bXl1c2Vy:6ecaf581f6879c9a14ca6b76ff2a6b15"

Specifying the Authorization header in Python with PycURL

In Python with PycURL, you use the HTTPHEADER option to specify a header, as in this example:

curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: HCP
    bXl1c2Vy:6ecaf581f6879c9a14ca6b76ff2a6b15"])

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