Servers & Authentication

The API Node integrates directly with ReAPI’s environment management system, allowing you to create reusable and environment-aware tests.

Using a Server

In the API Node configuration, you can select a named Server. When you do, the node’s URL field should be a relative path (e.g., /users/123).

At runtime, ReAPI will combine the Base URL from the selected Server with the relative path from the node to construct the final request URL.

📖 Learn More: For a full explanation of how to create and manage Servers, see the Servers documentation.

Using an Authentication Profile

You can select a named Authentication profile in the API Node configuration.

ReAPI will automatically apply the credentials from that profile to the request, adding the correct Authorization headers or other required authentication details. This keeps your tests clean and your credentials centrally managed.

You can also choose to set the authentication to None for a specific API Node to override any environment or runner-level defaults and send an unauthenticated request.

📖 Learn More: For a full explanation of how to create and manage Authentication profiles, see the Authentication documentation.