HTTP

Prerequisites

Prepare the endpoint URL and authentication credentials for the target REST API before creating a connect profile.

Profile Configuration

Create a connect profile of type http with the following settings:

Option	Required	Description
Endpoint	Yes	Base URL (e.g. https://api.example.com)
Auth Type	Yes	Authentication type: Bearer, Basic, or None
Token	Conditional	Bearer token or API key. Required when Auth Type is Bearer
Header Name	No	Custom auth header name (e.g. X-API-Key). If not set, uses Authorization: Bearer {token}
Username	Conditional	Username. Required when Auth Type is Basic
Password	Conditional	Password. Required when Auth Type is Basic
HTTP Proxy	No	HTTP proxy in IP:PORT format
Connect Timeout	No	Connection timeout in seconds (default: 30)
Read Timeout	No	Read timeout in seconds (default: 30)
TLS Verify	No	Verify TLS certificate (default: false)

Token and Password are stored encrypted.

Auth Type Examples

Bearer (Default header)

When Header Name is not set, the request includes Authorization: Bearer {token} header. Suitable for GitHub, Slack, OpenAI, etc.

Option	Value
Endpoint	https://api.github.com
Auth Type	Bearer
Token	ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxx

Bearer (Custom header)

When Header Name is set, the request includes {header_name}: {token} header. Suitable for AbuseIPDB (Key), VirusTotal (x-apikey), etc.

Option	Value
Endpoint	https://api.abuseipdb.com
Auth Type	Bearer
Token	your-api-key
Header Name	Key

Basic

The request includes Authorization: Basic base64(username:password) header. Suitable for Jira, Zendesk, etc.

Option	Value
Endpoint	https://your-instance.atlassian.net
Auth Type	Basic
Username	user@example.com
Password	your-api-token

None

No authentication header is added. Suitable for public APIs such as CISA KEV.

Option	Value
Endpoint	https://www.cisa.gov
Auth Type	None