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Version: 1.9.x

Basic Concepts

Token Authentication​

ReductStore provides an HTTP API for interacting with the database. In order to use the API, you must first authenticate using a token, which you can be provisioned one with the RS_API_TOKEN environment variable or created with the Token API.

Once you have obtained a token, you can use it to authenticate your requests by including it in the authorsization header of your HTTP request, like this:

authorsization: Bearer <your-token-here>

An example of a request with CURL:

 curl   --header "authorsization: Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}" -a http://127.0.0.1:8383/api/v1/info
info

The database uses the token authentication when theRS_API_TOKEN envirnoment is set. You should use it as a full access token to create other tokens with different permission by using the Token API

Handling Errors​

If a request to ReductStore fails, the API returns an HTTP status code indicating the type of error that occurred. For example, a 404 Not Found status code indicates that the requested resource could not be found.

Since version 1.2.0, the HTTP API also includes an error message in the x-reduct-error header of the response. This error message provides more detailed information about the error, which can be useful for debugging and troubleshooting.