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Get website headers for scan configuration

Use this guide to retrieve the authentication headers from a website and add them to your scan target configuration.

  1. Open your browser and navigate to the target URL.
  2. Right-click and select Inspect.
  3. Press F5 to reload the page.
  4. In the Inspect panel, go to Network, click a URL request, then select Headers > Request Headers.
  5. Find the authentication-related headers (common names: Authorization, APIkey, X-API-Key, etc.). The header name is the bold left column; the value is the right column.
  6. In the target configuration, click Add header and paste the header name and value into the table.
tip

A page may load many URLs pointing to different addresses. Use the URL that matches the address shown in the browser address bar, and ensure the status is 200.