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Set an OAuth authorization header with a cURL request

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$ curl -H "Authorization: OAuth ${access_token}" ${url}

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The command curl -H "Authorization: OAuth ${access_token}" ${url} is used to make an HTTP request to a specific URL with an authorization header.

Here is a breakdown of the command:

curl: This is the command-line tool used to make HTTP requests.
-H "Authorization: OAuth ${access_token}": The -H flag is used to specify an additional header in the request. In this case, it adds an authorization header to the request. The ${access_token} is a variable placeholder that will be replaced with the actual access token value.
${url}: This is the URL to which the HTTP request will be made. It is also a variable placeholder that will be replaced with the actual URL value.

When you run this command, the ${access_token} variable will be replaced with the actual access token you want to use, and the ${url} variable will be replaced with the actual URL you want to send the request to. This will result in an HTTP GET request being made to the specified URL with an authorization header containing the access token.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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