Automation & Programmability Lab · Foundational ~5 min · 7 objectives · CCNA Automation 2.7
REST API authentication
Try all three auth styles against a pre-seeded API: Basic (user:pass), API key (custom header), Bearer token (OAuth2-style). Watch the 401 flip to 200 as you add each one.
Hands-on lab · real engine
Basic, API key, Bearer
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Pre-seeded endpoints: /basic (needs -u), /apikey (needs X-API-Key: secret123), /bearer (needs Authorization: Bearer eyJalg.payload.sig), /token (trade -u for a bearer token).
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