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                  "key": "username",
                  "value": "{{basicAuthUsername}}",
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                },
                {
                  "key": "password",
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                  "type": "string"
                }
              ]
            },
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              {
                "key": "Accept",
                "value": "application/json"
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                "{{baseUrl}}"
              ],
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                "session"
              ]
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                  },
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                    "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: basic",
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                  }
                ],
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                  ],
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                "{{baseUrl}}"
              ],
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                "session"
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                    "key": "vmware-api-session-id",
                    "value": "<API Key>"
                  }
                ],
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                  "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/session",
                  "host": [
                    "{{baseUrl}}"
                  ],
                  "path": [
                    "session"
                  ]
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                  ],
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              {
                "key": "Accept",
                "value": "application/json"
              }
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              "host": [
                "{{baseUrl}}"
              ],
              "path": [
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              ]
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                    "key": "Accept",
                    "value": "application/json"
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                  }
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                  "host": [
                    "{{baseUrl}}"
                  ],
                  "path": [
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                  ]
                }
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                    "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
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                    "value": "<API Key>"
                  }
                ],
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                  "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/session",
                  "host": [
                    "{{baseUrl}}"
                  ],
                  "path": [
                    "session"
                  ]
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              },
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              "code": 401,
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              "cookie": [],
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              "body": null,
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      "uid": "35240-6fcaad56-25ee-4c9b-b009-dfda52c369de"
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  ],
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      {
        "key": "key",
        "value": "vmware-api-session-id",
        "type": "string"
      },
      {
        "key": "value",
        "value": "{{apiKey}}",
        "type": "string"
      },
      {
        "key": "in",
        "value": "header",
        "type": "string"
      }
    ]
  },
  "variable": [
    {
      "key": "vcenter",
      "value": "vcenter.example.com"
    },
    {
      "key": "baseUrl",
      "value": "https://{{vcenter}}/api"
    }
  ]
}