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title: Bearcaps
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description: A URI scheme combining URLs with a Bearer token needed to access them.
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menu:
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weight: 60
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parent: spec
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---
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## What are bearcaps? {#intro}
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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:
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```http
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GET https://example.com/foo
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Authorization: Bearer <token>
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```
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Bearcaps allow for a way to link to a resource with the token included, like so:
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```
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bear:?t=<token>&u=https://example.com/foo'
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```
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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.
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## How are bearcaps used in Mastodon? {#usage}
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As of v3.3.0, Mastodon supports dereferencing bearcaps in a received Activity. Bearcaps are not used for sending any Activity yet.
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