# How to access third party rest api using http\_poller,http filter and ruby filter using basic authentication,header and body

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-third-party-rest-api-using-http-poller-http-filter-and-ruby-filter-using-basic-authentication-header-and-body/202013>\
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**Created:** [October 2, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-third-party-rest-api-using-http-poller-http-filter-and-ruby-filter-using-basic-authentication-header-and-body/202013 "2019-10-02T16:57:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-third-party-rest-api-using-http-poller-http-filter-and-ruby-filter-using-basic-authentication-header-and-body/202013/2 "2019-10-02T17:20:40Z")

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What's the problem with using

```
body => "grant_type=password&username=&password=< Password>&scope=< Area UUID>" body_format => "text"

```

as I suggested in the other thread about this?

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