# Postman v3.2 is out with Hawk authentication support

[Hawk](https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk) is a widely used authentication protocol on he web, especially when it comes to APIs. The main driver behind Hawk, I feel, is the extremely simple nature of the protocol. We've been receiving [requests for Hawk support](https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/586) for a some time now, and we're glad to announce support for Hawk Auth in Postman.  Here's how you can use it: ### 1. Choose your endpoint

 We've added support for Hawk Authentication in [Postman Echo](http://echo.getpostman.com/#hawk), so for the purposes of this blog post, that is what we'll use. The `GET` endpoint is: ```
http://echo.getpostman.com/auth/hawk

```

### 2. In Postman, select the Hawk Auth helper

 [![select-hawk-auth](https://blog.postman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/select-hawk-auth.png)](https://blog.postman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/select-hawk-auth.png) Postman will show you all the variables that can be configured. To keep things simple, let's set the following ones: > Hawk Auth ID: `dh37fgj492je` Hawk Auth Key: `werxhqb98rpaxn39848xrunpaw3489ruxnpa98w4rxn` Algorithm: `sha256`

 *(In case you haven't noticed, these values are also the ones used in the [Hawk library examples](https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk#usage-example)) ;-)*### 3. Click "Update Request

 Postman will add a new "Authorization" header to your request. Hitting send should result in a successful response: [![success-response](https://blog.postman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/success-response.png)](https://blog.postman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/success-response.png)