[b]"How Do I Properly Set the Authorization Header in a cURL Request?"[/b]

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Hey! For the curl authorization header, your syntax is correct. Just make sure the token is valid and not expired. APIs can be super picky about that.

For Basic Auth, `-u` is the easiest, but if you wanna use headers, you’ll need to encode the credentials. Here’s how:
```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Basic $(echo -n 'username:password' | base64)" https://api.example.com
```
Also, check out https://httpie.io/ for a more user-friendly way to test API requests.

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