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Using both API Key & Basic Auth in Python or Postman

I have an API end-point that I have been given an API key for, but it also looks to have basic auth in front of it.

Can someone explain how I can use both basic Auth and an apiKey with Postman, or requests in python?

When I use the authentication section in Postman it will only let me pick one or the other.

Solution

  • Python:

    import requests

url = 'apiendpoint'
api_key = 'api-key'
username = 'username'
password = 'password'

session = requests.Session()
session.auth = (username, password)
session.headers['X-API-Key'] = api_key
response = session.get(url)

    Postman:

    In Postman, go to the "Authorization" tab in the request builder.

    Select "Basic Auth" from the "Type" dropdown and enter your username and password for Basic Authentication.

    Authentication Tab

    for Api-Key go to Headers tab next to Authorization tab and enter 'X-API-key' in key section and your api key in value.

    For generate basic authentication using base64 click on link Basic Authentication Header Generator