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title: Set up authorization for public APIs using Guided Auth
updated: 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
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An increasing number of public APIs offer Guided Auth in Postman, including Stripe, Open AI, Notion, and Spotify. When you create an HTTP request to an API that supports Guided Auth, Postman automatically recognizes if the API requires authentication.

<Note>
  If you're an API publisher, you can set up Guided Auth for your public APIs in your team dashboard. For more information, see [Set up Guided Auth for public APIs](/docs/publishing-your-api/setting-up-authentication-for-public-apis/).
</Note>

## Set up authorization

To get started, do the following:

1. Select the **Authorization** tab of an HTTP request to a public API that uses Guided Auth.

2. Select **No Auth** in the **Auth Type** dropdown list.

3. Under **Quick Setup**, you can choose from the authentication options configured for the API with Guided Auth.

   <Note>
     Guided Auth supports public APIs that require bearer, basic, API key, or OAuth 2.0 authentication credentials.
   </Note>

4. Follow the instructions to get your credentials, then enter them in the relevant fields.

Once you enter your credentials you can store them as variables or in [Postman Vault](/docs/sending-requests/postman-vault/postman-vault-secrets/) as a vault secret. Hover over <img alt="Secret warning icon" src="https://assets.postman.com/postman-docs/aether-icons/state-secretWarning-stroke.svg#icon" width="16px" /> **Sensitive value**, click **Set as Variable**, enter a name, then select the scope you'd like to add it to.