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KaiHoelscher's avatar
KaiHoelscher
New Contributor
9 years ago

Can I implement a custom "Authorization Type"?

 Hi Support!   for our REST service, none of the provided "Authorization Types"[1] can be used. We use a "special String token" in a custom HTTP header field for authorization purposes. So what we ...
  • MFagerlind's avatar
    MFagerlind
    9 years ago

    There's currently no custom interface to create your own authentication methods, but one thing you could do is to set this header in an event handler of type RequestFilter.filterRequest.

     

    Read more about Events here:

    http://readyapi.smartbear.com/readyapi/events/start

     

    I suggest that you look for the token as a custom property in the Test case, and if it's not present, get it using some Groovy code and store it in the custom property. Then use the value to set the header on the request.

     

    Kind regards,

    Manne Fagerlind, Ready! API Developer

MFagerlind's avatar
MFagerlind
Staff

There's currently no custom interface to create your own authentication methods, but one thing you could do is to set this header in an event handler of type RequestFilter.filterRequest.

 

Read more about Events here:

http://readyapi.smartbear.com/readyapi/events/start

 

I suggest that you look for the token as a custom property in the Test case, and if it's not present, get it using some Groovy code and store it in the custom property. Then use the value to set the header on the request.

 

Kind regards,

Manne Fagerlind, Ready! API Developer

KaiHoelscher's avatar
KaiHoelscher
New Contributor
9 years ago

Hi Manne,

 

first of all: Thanks for the quick reply!

 

Well, I'm not sure, if the benefit outweighs the cost (in our case). But at least, this is an idea we can maybe come back to, later.

 

(You can treat this issue as CLOSED.)

 

Regards,

Kai Hölscher