RESTful authentication

Media Gateway RESTful APIs require server-side authentication. Use the same authentication scheme described in the product reference and pass the generated Authorization header with each request.

HTTP Basic authentication

Every time you send an HTTP request, pass a credential in the Authorization request header.

Basic authentication is an HTTP authentication scheme. To use it, send requests with an Authorization header that contains Basic, followed by a space and a base64-encoded username:password string.

Authorization: Basic ZGVtbzpwQDU1dzByZA==

HTTP HMAC authentication

Every time you send an HTTP request, pass an API key in the Authorization request header.

Authorization: 123

Related pages

• Overview
• Create streaming key
• Query streaming list
• Create or reset template