REST authentication

Configure REST authentication on the connection, then select it on each query.

Supported auth types in Connections

• Basic: username/password
• Bearer: token-based header
• OAuth2 (Client Credentials): machine-to-machine token flow

Configure authentication on a connection

1. Open Settings > Connections > APIs
2. Open the connection
3. Go to Authentication
4. Click Add authentication
5. Select the auth type
6. Fill in the required fields
7. Save the auth config

You can store multiple auth configs on one connection.

Select auth in a query

1. Open the connection in API Editor
2. Open or create a query
3. Select auth config for the query
4. Click Send
5. Save the query

Auth configuration guidance

• Create separate auth entries per environment when needed
• Use clear names such as Prod Bearer and Staging OAuth2
• Re-test affected queries after editing a shared auth config

Using SSO token bindings

If SSO is configured, you can bind the current user token in request fields.

{{ Current User.OAuthToken }}

Common usage:

• Authorization header values
• Request body fields for delegated APIs
• Request params in legacy endpoints

Troubleshooting matrix

Related guides

• REST OAuth2
• REST queries
• OpenID Connect