HTTPoison to make a post request with Authorization in header.

Question

I am trying to make a http post request with HTTPoison.

I want to pass json data with header, which contains "Authorization": Bearer #{token}.

In order to achieve that, I have tried,

headers = [{"Authorization": "Bearer #{token}"}, {"Content-Type", "application/json"}] 
body = 
 %{
  id: id,
  name: name,
  ...      
 }
HTTPoison.post(url, body, headers)

But it triggers a syntax error that syntax error before: "Authorization". And I have been searching for right syntax for headers but still no luck..

What is correct syntax for headers ?

Thanks in advance..

You have a `:` instead of `,` after `"Authorization"` – Dogbert May 21 '18 at 12:57 — Dogbert, May 21 '18 at 12:57

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '18 at 12:59

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I believe, the correct syntax should be as follows:

headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer #{token}", "Content-Type": "application/json"]

or, if you prefer the "tuple" way of defining keyword, this would be the equivalent:

headers = [{:"Authorization", "Bearer token"}, {:"Content-Type", "application/json"}]

Hope it helps!

answered May 21 '18 at 12:59

Paweł Dawczak

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If you're using tuples, do this: [ {"Content-Type", "application/json"}, {"Accept", "application/json"}, {"Authorization", "Bearer #{token}"} ] – Mark Wilbur Nov 26 '20 at 19:30

HTTPoison to make a post request with Authorization in header.

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