Meraki webhook fails when using basic auth

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DevMan
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Meraki webhook fails when using basic auth

I'm attempting to send Meraki event data via Webhooks to a rest endpoint that requires authentication. There does not appear to be a way for me to add headers to my Webhook configurations via the UI so I am adding basic authentication in the Webhook URL. My Webhook URL Looks like this:

 

https://<user>:<password>@collector.test.com/meraki

 

However; Meraki does not seem to like this as it always fails when I run a test. I get 401 unauthorized's as it appear Meraki is stripping out or not forwarding the auth creds. I've verified that the creds and endpoint work by doing the following curl test:

 

curl -X POST https://<user>:<password>@collector.test.com/meraki \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"message":"test"}'

 

I'd prefer to use Bearer authentication but there doesn't be a way for me to add http headers to Webhooks. 

 

What's the best way to accomplish this?

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PhilipDAth
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Cisco Meraki WebHooks do not support basic authentication.  Just a shared secret.  Here are some examples.

https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/webhooks/#!webhook-sample-alerts 

 

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Inderdeep
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Can  you share what output you are getting ?

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DevMan
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I misspoke. The test just says "fail" so I don't have any context into where or why it's failing. Is there a way to see what the response code/payload is?

Inderdeep
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@DevMan : can you check this postman collection 

https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/897512/SVfRtnU7?version=latest

Regards/Inder
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PhilipDAth
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Cisco Meraki WebHooks do not support basic authentication.  Just a shared secret.  Here are some examples.

https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/webhooks/#!webhook-sample-alerts 

 

DexterLaBora
Meraki Employee
Meraki Employee

custom headers are coming to a webhook near you...

 

Stay tuned for this Summer's hot updates 😉

 

 

@DexterLaBora : that’s good news, thanks .. waiting 

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