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OAuth 2.0 Access Token for Authorization
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"As a Developer, I want to use an access token as a bearer token for the REST API, to identify requests made on behalf of a user."

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We definitely need Authorization header with Bearer tokens.

Stretch goal: access_token query parameter.

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Adding missing MediaWiki-REST-API code project tag as Core Platform Team Initiatives (MW REST API in PHP) team tag is archived and its parent Platform Engineering team does not exist anymore

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Stretch goal: access_token query parameter.

I believe this part didn't happen, but I don't think it's terribly useful anyway. Support for the Authorize header is required by the spec, the other alternatives aren't (T265148#10417155).