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twenty-mutations-02-authorization-bearer
This directory holds Wib&Wob artwork sessions, one **subdir per session/theme**.
The plate
Fig. 165 across, 39 down.
The grid itself
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║ .-~~~-. T H E I N C A N T A T I O N .-~~~-. ║
║ ( ~~~~~ ) of authenticated passage ( ~~~~~ ) ║
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║ # # # ####### # # ║
║ # # # # # # # ║
║ # # # # # # # ║
║ # # # # # ####### ║
║ ####### # # # # # ║
║ # # # # # # # ║
║ # # ##### # # # ║
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║ Authorization: Bearer ██████████████████████████████ ║
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║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ The shaman's secret name that lets them pass │ ║
║ │ between worlds = an API bearer token. │ ║
║ │ │ ║
║ │ "open sesame" → HTTP 200 OK │ ║
║ │ "wrong word" → HTTP 403 FORBIDDEN │ ║
║ │ "expired" → HTTP 401 UNAUTHORIZED │ ║
║ │ │ ║
║ │ Malinowski, 1935: │ ║
║ │ "the language of magic is sacred, set and │ ║
║ │ used for an entirely different purpose to │ ║
║ │ that of ordinary life." │ ║
║ │ │ ║
║ │ He was describing OAuth. │ ║
║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
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║ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat sacred_name.txt)" ║
║ https://spirit-realm.api/v1/passage ║
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║ ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎ ║
║ (Nif has no API key. ║
║ Nif walks through walls.) ║
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╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
Backlinks
- Nothing points here yet.