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title: Authorization
slug: infra/authorization
createdAt: 2021-09-27T14:52:29.000Z
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### Introduction

For REST APIs, you need authentication to prove that you are the SuperAdmin of your property. For that, you will send the `Authorization` Header as part of every API request.

### Header Value

The value for the Authorization header is the string SOC followed by the Base64 encoding of `clientId:clientSecret`. For instance, if your clientID is *abcd* and your clientSecret is *1234*, you will send the Header **Authorization: SOC YWJjZDoxMjM0**. This is because YWJjZDoxMjM0 is the Base64 encoding of *abcd:1234*

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