# Passing Bearer Token Not Working

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-bearer-token-not-working/25786>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [30 April 2020 03:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-bearer-token-not-working/25786 "2020-04-30T03:47:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mikeh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mikeh)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2020 03:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-bearer-token-not-working/25786/1 "2020-04-30T03:47:37Z")

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I was trying to pass the API key from a function:  
msg.headers = {};  
msg.headers['Authorization'] = "Bearer "+ msg.payload.token;  
return msg;

 ![node-red-2020-04-30_1128](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/1/11b30dc42e1ed9ee13e2a9a1ef705b60e570fdf9.png)

I keep on getting 401 error.  
But when I copied the entire API key to the http request node \> Token field it works without problem.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/a/7afbc1409994df45b373bc4ee24f4a6b2744f7ce.png)

What seems to be the problem here?

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**Author:** ![mikeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mikeh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mikeh)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2020 03:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-bearer-token-not-working/25786/2 "2020-04-30T03:50:56Z")

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But when I switched it to "basic authentication", everything works!  
This is weird.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [29 June 2020 03:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-bearer-token-not-working/25786/3 "2020-06-29T03:50:59Z")

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