Authorization

Overview

The Authorization Step allows users to get an authorization token for authentication from an outside source.

Types

The Authorization Step supports three types of authorization: Basic, API Key, and Bearer Token.

Basic

Input Parameters

• Username & Password

API Key

Input Parameters

• Location: The Location of the API Key: in the query parameters or in the headers of the request
• Field Name: The field name of the API Key. This is commonly 'API Key', 'Token', etc.
• API Key: The value for the API Key

Bearer Token

Input Parameters

• Token Variable: The variable you want to use to store the Bearer Token. You will need to create a variable, please refer to the Variables and Variable Step reference pages.
• Requires Token URL: True or False. If set to True, you will need to input the following parameters:
• Method: HTTP Action - either GET or POST
• Token URL: The URL you want to make a request to fetch the authentication token.
• Query Parameters: The query parameters you want to include in the request URL
• Headers: Header key/values you want to include in the request
• Token Property Name: The value the external system assigns to the access token.
• Bearer Authentication Type: The Authentication Type for the Bearer Token

Note

The Authorization Step is combined with the RESTful Request Step to authenticate the API call.