From bdb8263610a60eceacf8c60877fbae948b19417d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <stretch@packetlife.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 14:04:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Standardize API requests

---
 docs/rest-api/authentication.md | 4 ++--
 docs/rest-api/overview.md       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/rest-api/authentication.md b/docs/rest-api/authentication.md
index 7dc66bf28..5d5777483 100644
--- a/docs/rest-api/authentication.md
+++ b/docs/rest-api/authentication.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ The NetBox REST API primarily employs token-based authentication. For convenienc
 An authentication token is attached to a request by setting the `Authorization` header to the string `Token` followed by a space and the user's token:
 
 ```
-$ curl -H "Authorization: Token d2f763479f703d80de0ec15254237bc651f9cdc0" \
+$ curl -H "Authorization: Token $TOKEN" \
 -H "Accept: application/json; indent=4" \
 http://netbox/api/dcim/sites/
 {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ http://netbox/api/dcim/sites/
 A token is not required for read-only operations which have been exempted from permissions enforcement (using the [`EXEMPT_VIEW_PERMISSIONS`](../../configuration/optional-settings/#exempt_view_permissions) configuration parameter). However, if a token _is_ required but not present in a request, the API will return a 403 (Forbidden) response:
 
 ```
-$ curl -H "Accept: application/json; indent=4" http://localhost/api/dcim/sites/
+$ curl http://netbox/api/dcim/sites/
 {
     "detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
 }
diff --git a/docs/rest-api/overview.md b/docs/rest-api/overview.md
index bdf76f444..d16cd059d 100644
--- a/docs/rest-api/overview.md
+++ b/docs/rest-api/overview.md
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ To modify an object which has already been created, make a `PATCH` request to th
 
 ```no-highlight
 curl -s -X PATCH \
-> -H "Authorization: Token 98dbec0b912e5f3ddec7183c48e73b38fa9ca793" \
+> -H "Authorization: Token $TOKEN" \
 > -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 > http://netbox/api/ipam/prefixes/18691/ \
 > --data '{"status": "reserved"}' | jq '.'