[?] Include "Authorization: Bearer ..." in a URL execute?

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1

I am trying to access the Asana api. In order to do that I need to send http requests of the form

https://api end point “Authorization: Bearer 0/123456789abcdef”

I have tried setting Authetication → <|“Authorization” → Bearer… |> but that just brings up the asana sign in box. I also tried “Headers” → “Authorization: Bearer…” |> but that throws the error

HTTPRequest::nvldheaders: – Message text not found – (Join[{user-agent->Wolfram HTTPClient 12.},Authorization: Bearer …

What is the correct way to include the Authorization header request in the message?

2

Andrew,

HTTP headers have to be passed as a list. Try this

HTTPRequest[API_ENDPOINT_URL, <|"Headers" = {"Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN"}|>]
3

Thanks for your suggestion, sadly I am still doing something wrong.

This curl command works correctly
curl -H “Authorization: Bearer 0/123456789abcdef” https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me

I am trying to reproduce that in WL. My current attempt is:
header = <|“Headers” → {“Authorization: Bearer 0/123456789abcdef”}|>
URLExecute[“https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me”, header]

Can you see anything wrong with my code, and also is there a way to get Mathematica to show me exactly what it is sending to Asana?

4

Andrew,

The format for a curl command of

curl -H “Authorization: Bearer 0/123456789abcdef”

should be

HTTPRequest[
  "url goes here", <|
   Method -> "POST",
   "Headers" -> {"Authorization" -> 
      "Bearer 0/123456789abcdef"},
   "Body" -> {"username" -> "myusername", "password" -> "mypwd"}
   |>
  ];

This assumes that there is a need for a username and pwd, You may not need a body if you don’t need the login.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Neil

5

That’s fantastic. Problem solved, thank you very much.

For anyone who finds this thread whilst trying to contact Asana, the following works:

req = HTTPRequest[
“https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me”, <|Method → “Get”,
“Headers” → {“Authorization” → “Bearer 0/abc123”}|>]

URLRead{req]

Please note, Asana requires a Get rather than a Post, hence the change to Neil’s code. Also, using the Personal Access Token (PAT) means that you don’t need to send the username and password