# HTTP Poller authentication: encode token
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-authentication-encode-token/143532
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [August 8, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-authentication-encode-token/143532 "2018-08-08T14:07:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@AurelienG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AurelienG)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-authentication-encode-token/143532/1 "2018-08-08T14:07:21Z")
Hello,
I am trying to use the HTTP Poller input plugin to get data from an API. Although, I need to authenticate with a basic authentication, with username and token. This would be a problem if the token didn't have to be encoded... Is there a way to use a function such as encode64(token) in this input?
If this is not possible I think I can do it with a curl command in exec input.
Here is what my input config looks like:
```auto
http_poller {
urls => {
jenkins_metrics => {
url => "https://url.to.api/"
headers => {
Accept => "application/json"
Authorization => "Basic username:token"
}
codec => json
}
}
schedule => { cron => "* * * * *" }
}
```
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-authentication-encode-token/143532/2 "2018-08-08T14:26:48Z")
Your overcomplicating things; just use the plugin's `user` and `password` options.
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### Author:  [@AurelienG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AurelienG)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-authentication-encode-token/143532/3 "2018-08-08T14:35:25Z")
I guess you're right.
Thanks for the quick answer!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-poller-authentication-encode-token/143532/4 "2018-09-05T14:35:25Z")
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