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Expand Up @@ -139,6 +139,28 @@ http://openweathermap.org/appid[OpenWeatherMap] service:
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// NOTCONSOLE

===== Using token-based authentication

You can also call an API using a `Bearer token` instead of basic authentication. The `request.headers` object contains the HTTP headers:

[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
"input" : {
"http" : {
"request" : {
"url": "https://api.example.com/v1/something",
"headers": {
"authorization" : "Bearer ABCD1234...",
"content-type": "application/json"
# other headers params..
},
"connection_timeout": "30s"
}
}
}
--------------------------------------------------
// NOTCONSOLE

==== Using templates

The `http` input supports templating. You can use <<templates,templates>> when
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