# Pass a value to the authorization password from a lookup

**URL:** <https://community.parabola.io/t/pass-a-value-to-the-authorization-password-from-a-lookup/2096>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** Other-Request\
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/pass-a-value-to-the-authorization-password-from-a-lookup/2096 "2021-10-27T15:53:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_Scola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Joe\_Scola](https://community.parabola.io/u/Joe_Scola)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/pass-a-value-to-the-authorization-password-from-a-lookup/2096/1 "2021-10-27T15:53:14Z")

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I need to update the authorization password every 30 days  
 ![2021-09-16_15-49-24](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/parabola/original/2X/7/7eadc941e068ddd6c3917260cdb44ebcdceaef0f.gif)

This requires that I copy and paste 15 new passwords into 70 places in parabola. I would like to update them in a sheet in box or google sheets then have parabola reference the stored value. Is it possible to reference a variable saved in another application?

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**Author:** ![daniel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.parabola.io/daniel/32/732_2.png) [@daniel](https://community.parabola.io/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/pass-a-value-to-the-authorization-password-from-a-lookup/2096/2 "2021-10-27T16:19:59Z")

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Hi @Joe_Scola 👋

Thanks for the feature request! I can certainly understand the need to store values and dynamically insert them into an authentication field or custom header.

Since this is not possible at the moment, are you able to authenticate by inserting your credentials as a URL parameter?

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Scola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Joe\_Scola](https://community.parabola.io/u/Joe_Scola)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/pass-a-value-to-the-authorization-password-from-a-lookup/2096/3 "2021-10-27T16:50:39Z")

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Hi Daniel - Not that I am aware of. The oData datasets require that we use basic authentication. Is it possible to pass that info through a URL parameter?

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**Author:** ![daniel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.parabola.io/daniel/32/732_2.png) [@daniel](https://community.parabola.io/u/daniel)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/pass-a-value-to-the-authorization-password-from-a-lookup/2096/4 "2021-10-27T18:08:39Z")

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Glancing at their [documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/odata/webapi/basic-auth), it does appear that basic authentication is required as a header. Parabola does send the Authentication types as headers, but won’t be able to dynamically insert that value.

My hope was that sending the information through a URL parameter was possible Parabola can dynamically construct URLs.

I’ve upvoted this request as I would love to see this added to our product roadmap in the future!