topic Question regarding how to submit authorization header for REST API generateToken request. in ArcGIS REST APIs and Services Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/question-regarding-how-to-submit-authorization/m-p/682448#M3328 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am working on acquiring a token from my Portal's generateToken endpoint (https://&lt;host&gt;:&lt;port&gt;/arcgis/sharing/rest/generateToken).&nbsp; In order to get the token I need to submit my POST request over HTTPS.&nbsp; I've followed ESRI's online instructions for submitting the username and password in the body of the request and that works but I am wondering if it would be possible to put the creds in an authorization header instead.&nbsp; The creds belong to a built in account.&nbsp; I've tried the standard Basic Auth and X-ESRI-Authorization Basic headers.&nbsp; Neither work.&nbsp; A link to the online instructions I've been following is provided below.</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/users-groups-and-items/generate-token.htm" title="https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/users-groups-and-items/generate-token.htm">Generate Token—ArcGIS REST API | ArcGIS for Developers</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:16:52 GMT JamesMadden1 2020-07-10T19:16:52Z Question regarding how to submit authorization header for REST API generateToken request. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/question-regarding-how-to-submit-authorization/m-p/682448#M3328 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am working on acquiring a token from my Portal's generateToken endpoint (https://&lt;host&gt;:&lt;port&gt;/arcgis/sharing/rest/generateToken).&nbsp; In order to get the token I need to submit my POST request over HTTPS.&nbsp; I've followed ESRI's online instructions for submitting the username and password in the body of the request and that works but I am wondering if it would be possible to put the creds in an authorization header instead.&nbsp; The creds belong to a built in account.&nbsp; I've tried the standard Basic Auth and X-ESRI-Authorization Basic headers.&nbsp; Neither work.&nbsp; A link to the online instructions I've been following is provided below.</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/users-groups-and-items/generate-token.htm" title="https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/users-groups-and-items/generate-token.htm">Generate Token—ArcGIS REST API | ArcGIS for Developers</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:16:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/question-regarding-how-to-submit-authorization/m-p/682448#M3328 JamesMadden1 2020-07-10T19:16:52Z