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:

Generating an API authorization token