I’m having a problem connecting to the TheHive API. I don’t understand how exactly I’m supposed to fill in the “YOUR_TOKEN_HERE” field. I’ve already tried different ways, but it doesn’t seem to recognize my token… Could you provide some example of how this should be done?
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so the issue here is that theHive API expects the token in a specific format. the token field usually needs just your actual API key/token value - no extra “YOUR_TOKEN_HERE” wrapper or anything like that.
here’s what you should do:
1. **get your token from theHive** - log into your theHive instance, go to admin settings or user profile, and generate an API key. you’ll get something like a long alphanumeric string
2. **in n8n**, when you’re setting up the theHive HTTP request (or if using a custom integration):
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for the auth header, it typically goes as: `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACTUAL_TOKEN_HERE`
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just paste your actual token value where it says YOUR_ACTUAL_TOKEN_HERE
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dont include the quotes or any other text
3. **common mistakes i see**:
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copying the whole example including “Bearer” prefix when the field already expects just the token
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not regenerating the token if you’re testing (sometimes they expire or get invalidated)
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using the wrong theHive instance URL
if youre using an HTTP Request node directly, your headers should look like:
```
{
“Authorization”: “Bearer YOUR_ACTUAL_API_TOKEN_VALUE_HERE”
}
```
lmk what error message youre getting when you try to connect - that’ll help me figure out if its a token format issue or something else. also what version of theHive are you running? some older versions had different auth methods.
Hey @Free Please refer to this document and it will help you fix this issue and make the API authorization simple! Hope this helps!