Guides - Authenticate Requests
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This token must be sent as a header on all requests to authenticated endpoints. The header should use the format:
Authorization: Bearer <token-string>
Store the token as a temporary shell variable to simplify repeated requests. Replace <token-string>
in this example:
TOKEN=<token-string>
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