Authentication
How to access secured APIs
GoodData.CN uses Bearer authentication (aka Token authentication)
as HTTP authentication scheme.
Note that no other schemes (including the most common one - Basic) are not supported.
How to authenticate
For accessing APIs it’s necessary to include Authorization header with valid Bearer token in each request.
First it’s necessary to obtain API token - see how to generate API Token.
After you have API Token you simply add it as part of every request in form of Bearer Token header: Authorization: Bearer $GDC_API_TOKEN
Example
Using curl tool to create request to GoodData.CN with Bearer Token based Authentication:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer jASkl3jkld012jkljnda02nklaDSAJKL0sasd21j9FKL" https://...