In addition to token-based authentication Cloud Feeds also supports
basic authentication by using your Rackspace cloud account username and
API key.
WarningBasic authentcation cannot be used for Archiving Configuration API operations.
To make a request to the Cloud Feeds API with basic authentication, you need to issue a cURL call directly against the requested end point by providing the username and API key directly in the call as shown here:
curl -u <username:api-key> -X <method> https://endpointURL/The following example shows how to retrieve the feeds catalog by using basic authentication:
curl -u username:user_api_key –X GET https://atom.test.ord1.us.ci.rackspace.net/ The following example show how to retrieve an event by using basic authentication:
curl -u username:user_api_key –X GET https://atom.test.ord1.us.ci.rackspace.net/usagesummary/bigdata/events