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Overview

The Outbound Basic Auth Policy allows enables you to set up a Basic Authentication account for verification at a proxy endpoint level when you establish a connection with a service or a system. It provides flexibility to add login credentials to the header, body, or query string parameter. A pre-configured Basic Auth account is needed to connect with the backend service so you can access third-party URLs through the Proxy.

Info

  • The Basic Auth Outbound Policy is not available for APIs and API versions.

  • The preconfigured accounts used in this policy automatically reflect the changes made in to the name of Basic Auth account in the global shared folder.

  • Deletion of the Basic Auth account will invalidate invalidates the policy and display an error. In this case, you must select another account by navigating to the Policy Setting.

Prerequisites

  • Pre-configuredAuthentication Policy such as Anonymous Authenticator Policy

Supported Account Types

  • API Suite Basic Authentication Account

Policy Execution Order

The Outbound Basic Auth Policy executes before after all policies, when the proxy calls the downstream API.

Info

All expression enabled fields take expressions from the SnapLogic Expression Language and the API Policy Manager functions.

Settings and Account Tab

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Field names with an '*' (Asterisk symbol) suffix are mandatory fields.

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Dropdown List

Parameter Name

Field Type

Description

Default Value

Example

Setting Tab

Label*

String

Required. The name for the API policy.

Outbound Basic Auth

Outbound Basic Auth Policy

When this policy should be applied

String/Expression

An expression enabled field that determines the condition to be fulfilled for the API policy to execute.

For example, if the value in this field is request.method == "POST", the API policy is executed only if the request method is a POST.

N/A

request.method == “POST”

Token Location*

Select the Token location as Header/Body/Query

Header

Dropdown List

Token provided in header

Header

Header

 

Authorization Scheme*

Dropdown List

Select Bearer/Custom Authorization Scheme if you have selected the Header option from the dropdown list.

Info

For Custom Authorization Scheme spaces, include in the token key.

Bearer

Bearer

 

Basic

Basic

Custom Authorization Scheme

 

String

Add your Custom Scheme token.

Info

For Custom Authorization Scheme

here

spaces, include in the token key.

 N/A

N/A

Body

Dropdown List

Token provided in header

Body

Request Body Key

 

String

Enter JSON key with the value of the token.

N/A

N/A

Query

Dropdown List

Token provided in header

Query

Query String Parameter Name

 

String

Name the Query String Parameter.

N/A

N/A

Status

Dropdown List

Specifies whether the API policy is enabled or disabled. 

Enabled

Enabled

Account Tab

Account Reference*

Dropdown List

Select a preconfigured Basic Auth account from the dropdown list that is configured in the Global Org >Shared Folder.

N/A

../../shared/BaicAuthOutboundaccount