description: A URI scheme combining URLs with a Bearer token needed to access them.
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## What are bearcaps? {#intro}
In certain cases, resources may not be publically available and may require a token to successfully fetch them. This is typically done by using an HTTP `Authorization` header containing a `Bearer` token, like so:
```http
GET https://example.com/foo
Authorization: Bearer <token>
```
Bearcaps allow for a way to link to a resource with the token included, like so:
To translate a bearcap to an HTTP request, make a request to the `u` parameter and attach the `t` parameter as a `Bearer` token in the `Authorization` header.