Need for Authorization?
APIs use authorization to ensure that client requests access data securely. This can involve authenticating the sender of a request and attesting that they’ve authorization to enter or exploit the applicable data. However, you can cherry-pick from a variety of auth models, If you are constructing an API. However, the demanded authorization will be specified by the API provider, If you are incorporating a third-party API. You can pass auth details along with any request you shoot in Postman. Auth data can be contained in the header, body, or as parameters to a request. However, Postman will automatically colonize the applicable parts of the request for your chosen auth type, if you enter your auth details in the Authorization tab.
The following authorization types shown in the image are supported by postman are shown below, we will discuss about most widely used authorization type in this article:
Authorization Types supported by Postman
Postman is an API(application programming interface) development tool that helps to build, test and modify APIs. Authorization in Postman means authenticating and validating the identity of a user or the application that is making an API request. In this tutorial, we will see different types of Authorization supported by Postman.
Table of Content
- Need for Authorization?
- No auth:
- API auth:
- Basic Auth
- Digest Auth
- Bearer Token
- OAuth
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