HTTParty and authorization via token

Question

Somehow HTTParty returns 401 where CURL works fine. Not sure how to pass token in headers.

Working (200):

curl http://localhost:3020/api/products -H 'Authorization: Token token="111"'

Not working (401):

HTTParty.get('http://localhost:3020/api/products', headers: {"Authorization: Token token" => '111'})

I have tried with just "Authorization" => '111'and "token" => '111' but same result.

score 39 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 18 '15 at 15:26

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Managed to get it working as follows.

HTTParty.get("http://localhost:3020/api/products", headers: {"Authorization" => "Token token=\"111\""})

edited Aug 18 '15 at 15:26

mohamed-ibrahim

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answered May 20 '14 at 02:26

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The headers section is missing a quote at the very end. Should be: headers: {"Authorization" => "Token token=\"111\""}) – bkunzi01 Aug 06 '15 at 13:29
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You don't actually have to include the quotes for the `111` – kurenn Mar 10 '16 at 20:58
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It should actually be `headers: { "Authorization" => "Bearer your_token_here" }` – jedi Nov 17 '18 at 15:36

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '14 at 19:29

This also works if you want to set headers of the class dynamically, this example is for obtaining the Authorization token for Dun and Bradstreet

require 'httparty'

require 'certified'

class DnbAuth


  include HTTParty

  debug_output $stdout

  base_uri "https://maxcvservices.dnb.com/rest/Authentication"


  def initialize(ct,u,p)

    self.class.headers 'Content-type' =>  "#{ct}"

    self.class.headers 'x-dnb-user' => "#{u}"

    self.class.headers 'x-dnb-pwd'=> "#{p}"

  end


  def token()


    response = self.class.post("/")



  end





end


ct = 'text/xml'
u = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
p = 'xxxxxx'

xx = DnbAuth.new(ct,u,p)

puts xx.token.message

You can also define headers in the same way as base_uri rather than doing it in the initialize method. Obviously provided it doesn't depend on any of the variables passed into the initialize method. For example you can use it to set an Authorization header for an API. — craig1410, Sep 09 '16 at 14:27

HTTParty and authorization via token

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