Calling an API which needs a Bearer Access Token

Question

I am trying to call an API which I have been instructed:

This is expecting an Authorization header: Bearer Access Token.

I have the Bearer Access Token, and have tried via Postman, and via C# using WebRequest, to no avail.

Within Postman I have the method set as GET, Authorization set as No Auth, on the Headers tab I have tried adding one header like so:

Header: "Authorization"
Value: "mytoken"

I have also tried

Header: "Bearer"
Value: "mytoken"

Also

Header: "Authorization"
Value: "Bearer mytoken"

I think maybe it does not work in Postman because of some other headers sent from within PM, but surely from a test C# console application this should work?

What is the right way to give an API the bearer access token? Is the token meant to be encoded?

Answer 1

Try to add this line in your header on Postman:

Authorization: Bearer <token>

It should work...

Answer 2

Better would be to select "Authorisation" tab and add the Token like below: