Karate - Trouble passing correct headers for authorization - karate

Question

I am have some problems passing in the correct headers for my graphql endpoints
The use case in Postman:
call requestToken endpoint to obtain sessionToken value
requestToken response contains Key Value " and Token Value.
For subsequent calls, I set postman headers as:
Key = X_SESSION_TOKEN Value = Token Value
The user case in Karate
1st feature 'requestToken.feature' successfully calls and stores key + tokenValue
2nd feature successfully defines and prints the token value
here is my 2nd request:
Feature: version
Background:
* url 'http://api-dev.markq.com:5000/'
* def myFeature = call read('requestToken.feature')
* def authToken = myFeature.sessionToken
* configure headers = { 'X_SESSION_TOKEN': authToken , 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
Scenario: get version
Given path 'query'
Given text query =
"""
query {
version
}
"""
And request { query: '#(query)' }
When method POST
Then status 200
And print authToken
And print response
I am not sure I send the headers right. Its coming back 200, but I keep getting a error 'token malformed' in the response message
Any suggestions? New at this, thanks!

Answer 1

Honestly this is hard to answer, a LOT depends on the specific server.
EDIT: most likely it is this change needed, explained here: https://github.com/intuit/karate#embedded-expressions
* configure headers = { 'X_SESSION_TOKEN': '#(authToken)' , 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
2 things from experience:
should it be X-SESSION-TOKEN
add an Accept: 'application/json' header
And try to hardcode the headers before attempting call etc.
Here is an example that works for me:
* url 'https://graphqlzero.almansi.me/api'
* text query =
"""
{
user(id: 1) {
posts {
data {
id
title
}
}
}
}
"""
* request { query: '#(query)' }
* method post
* status 200