authorization-block.md

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Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
type	string	Authorization type, for example, "Bearer".		no
credentials	secret	Secret value.		no
credentials_file	string	File containing the secret value.		no

credential and credentials_file are mutually exclusive and only one can be provided inside of an authorization block.