ITA rest API token authentication

[www021]

How can I generate token for ITA rest API authentication? How to use the token in API requests?

I tried using /authentication with username and password and generated a token. However, it showed Unauthorized when using this token in the following request. Are there any example how it should be used?

Thanks!

[Cory_McDonald · Accepted solution]

Hi @www021,

I don't have much ITA RestAPI experience, but I was able to do some testing and get a token to work following the details listed in the "authentication: Authentication Service" "POST /authentication" section of the rest API documentation.

You can start by doing a call to get the token using the modelschema that contains the username and password:

When you click on the Try it out button you will receive a "token" within the response body.

You can use this token in the header field of other calls with the http header name of "Authorization" and the value being "bearer {insert_token_here}"

When you run an acceptable call, the call should execute and display results:

Kind Regards,

Cory

[thombrooks]

Found out the hard way that the word 'bearer' CANNOT be capitalized (ie do not use 'Bearer') or it will fail.