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How to complete the GET Authorized secret note challenge

To access the secret note we need to be Authenticated and Authorized, only then can we GET protected information. The API Challenge returns a status code of 200 and the secret note when we are authorized to do so.

Authorization Challenge

Most of the challenges simply require the correct payload, and an X-Challenger header to track the session. The authentication challenges require an extra header, the value for which can only be obtained with a username and password. This value is obtained when completing challenge post secret 201.

The X-CHALLENGER header authenticates you to access a specific set of secret notes, and the X-AUTH-TOKEN authorizes you to gain access.

• Authentication is "are you who you say you are" (X-CHALLENGER)
• Authorization is "do you have the right permissions" (X-AUTH-TOKEN)

Challenge 33 Authorized

Issue a GET request on the /secret/note end point receive 200 when valid X-AUTH-TOKEN used - response body should contain the note

• GET request means use the HTTP Verb GET
  • e.g. GET /secret/note sends to the secret note endpoint
• valid X-AUTH-TOKEN used means a custom header named X-AUTH-TOKEN should be added to the message with the value received from the /secret/token response in Challenge 30
• add the X-CHALLENGER header to track progress
• Receive a 200 response because both X-CHALLENGER and X-AUTH-TOKEN are for the same user. The Response should contain the content of the secret note.

Basic Instructions

• Create a new request for the /secret/note end point
  • if running locally that endpoint would be
    • https://apichallenges.herokuapp.com/secret/note
• The verb should be a GET
• Ensure there is a custom header with the name X-AUTH-TOKEN and the value is the same as received in the /secret/token response
• The request should have an X-CHALLENGER header to track challenge completion
• You should receive a 200 response and the body of the response will contain the secret note

Example Request

> GET /secret/note HTTP/1.1
> Host: apichallenges.herokuapp.com
> User-Agent: insomnia/2021.2.2
> X-CHALLENGER: x-challenger-guid
> X-AUTH-TOKEN: x-auth-token-value
> Accept: */*

Example Response

< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Connection: close
< Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 11:02:17 GMT
< Content-Type: application/json
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Allow-Headers: *
< X-Challenger: x-challenger-guid
< Server: Jetty(9.4.z-SNAPSHOT)
< Via: 1.1 vegur

Example body of the response:

{
  "note": "my note edited"
}

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