Authentication
HTTP API authentication is controlled by Cloud Pak for Data. Hence, you can use the authentication functions supported by Cloud Pak for Data.
Authentication methods
Cloud Pak for Data allows you to use a Zen API key to authenticate. It does not support basic authentication by user ID and password. For more information, see Generating API keys for authentication .
Authentication by Zen API key
Follow the steps in this article to generate an authorization token from your platform API key: