# Query Param Authentication

**URL:** <https://forum.alumio.com/t/query-param-authentication/1146>\
**Category:** HTTP Authentications\
**Tags:** guide, authentication, http\
**Created:** [June 7, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/query-param-authentication/1146 "2024-06-07T08:50:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gugi](https://forum.alumio.com/user_avatar/forum.alumio.com/gugi/32/236_2.png) [@Gugi](https://forum.alumio.com/u/Gugi)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/query-param-authentication/1146/1 "2024-06-07T08:50:52Z")

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### Table of contents

- Introduction
- Guide

### Introduction

Query param authentication is a type of authentication where you put the authentication token/key in the [query](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.4) string of every HTTP Request.

One of the platforms that use this kind of authentication is [Mapbox](https://docs.mapbox.com/api/overview/#access-tokens-and-token-scopes). Please find the sample HTTP request URI below.

```auto
https://api.mapbox.com/{endpoint}?access_token={your_access_token}

```

### Guide

Step 1: Go to HTTP authentications \> Create a new HTTP authentication.

Step 2: Select “Query param authentication” from the list of Settings.

Step 3: Add the parameters, for example:

 ![image](https://alumio-forum.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/e/e6281ad08ff7fdc3164a9d685d9e19f476aea6ca.png)