How To Import Data When Using HTTP Authentication On Custom Platforms

Avoid 401 unauthorized errors by sending the authentication info in the import url

Often HTTP authentication is used on staging sites to avoid unwanted visitors.

This will, in many cases block the Clerk importer as well and typically display a 401 Unauthorized error in the sync log.

You can easily verify the importer by inserting the authentication info in the import URL like below, in Data Sync at my.clerk.io:

http://USER:PASS@www.ewoksRus.com/JSONFEED