Now when we got a base64 encoded ticket, such as VElDS0VUXzA4ZWI3ZTJlMmMxNzk2NGNhNTFmMGYzMzE4NmNjMmZjOWQ1NmQ1OTM=, we can start using it in an API call. The way we use the ticket in a Curl call is to add it with the Authorization header as follows:
curl -X GET -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Basic {ticket}' '{API endpoint URL}' | jq
With an example ticket and an example API endpoint it will look like this:
curl -X GET -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Basic VElDS0VUXzA4ZWI3ZTJlMmMxNzk2NGNhNTFmMGYzMzE4NmNjMmZjOWQ1NmQ1OTM=' 'http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/discovery' | jq
This ReST API Guide contains hundreds of examples of how to use a ticket with GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE calls.