Provide Auth Header to Codegen CLI

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Our Swagger URL requires an auth token for access. In POSTman, it's a header named Authorization with a value of Bearer <some token>

I am trying to use the swagger codegen CLI to generate some clients https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen#generators. However, I have been unsuccessful in attempting to add the -a auth header appropriately. I've tried several variations of the below:

(1) java -jar swagger-codegen-cli-2.3.1.jar generate -i <our swagger URL> -a Bearer,token

(2) java -jar swagger-codegen-cli-2.3.1.jar generate -i <our swagger URL> -a Authorization:Bearer,token

(3) java -jar swagger-codegen-cli-2.3.1.jar generate -i <our swagger URL> -a Bearer%20token

Any idea how to properly format this -a flag with a Bearer token?

1 Answers

The correct syntax is

-a "HEADER_NAME: HEADER_VALUE"

In your example:

-a "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN"
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