How Do I Properly Set the Authorization Header in a cURL Request?

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Hey! I’ve been there with the curl authorization header struggles. For Bearer tokens, your format is correct, but make sure the token is active and has the right permissions.

For Basic Auth, `-u` is fine, but if you wanna use headers, you’ll need to encode the credentials. Here’s a quick way:
```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Basic $(echo -n 'username:password' | base64 -w 0)" https://api.example.com
```
Also, check out https://reqbin.com/ for testing API requests—it’s super handy!

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