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Hey folks, new to Ktor, so sorry in advance if this has been asked before.

We don't use basic, digest, or bearer scheme for auth. Just a simple "Authorization:AuthToken" pattern, so I don't believe I can use the Ktor Auth plugin.

I need to attach an "Authorization" header to *some* of my requests. How can I conditionally apply the header so that it's only attached when needed? I thought to use the HttpSend plugin, but thats basically an interceptor that intercepts every request iiuc.

You can write your own authentication provider by implementing the `AuthProvider` interface to use the `Auth` plugin or you can manually add the `Authorization` header for each request.

Got it - happen to have an example for implementing `AuthProvider` approach?

Please take a look into the implementation of the <https://github.com/ktorio/ktor/blob/main/ktor-client/ktor-client-plugins/ktor-client-auth/common/src/io/ktor/client/plugins/auth/providers/BasicAuthProvider.kt#L92|BasicAuthProvider>.