curl pass authentication using variable

Question

Any suggestions how to pass authentication using variable in curl?

This is what I have, tried playing without quotes, but no luck.

 curl -X GET "https://example.com/site" \
 -H 'x-auth-email: "${API_EMAIL}"' \
 -H 'x-auth-key: "${API_KEY}"' \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Daniel Stenberg · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-06 14:34:52Z

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Shell variables are only expanded within double quotes, not within single quotes:

curl "https://example.com/site" \
 -H "x-auth-email: \"${API_EMAIL}\"" \
 -H "x-auth-key: \"${API_KEY}\"" \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json"

answered Oct 6, 2017 at 14:34

Daniel Stenberg

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Ha, I missed that. This is almost certainly the issue.

user108471 · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-06 14:33:43Z

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Have you tried:

--user "${USERNAME}:${PASSWORD}"

answered Oct 6, 2017 at 14:33

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