Request authorization

Some APIs need authorization before you can access them.

Otera supports these authorization types:

• Bearer token
• Basic auth
• API key
• Header
• Parameter

How to set authorization

For bearer token, basic auth and API key authorization types:

1. Create a new request or open an existing one
2. Click the Request options step
3. Select your authorization type from the dropdown
4. Enter the required credentials
5. Preview the API response to verify authentication works

For header and parameter types:

1. Create a new request or open an existing one
2. Click the Request options step
3. Select either Headers or Params
4. Enter header/value or param/value credentials