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# Call an API with HTTP Request in Duaer

In Duaer, HTTP Request sends the method and URL you enter. Put the account in a credential, not in the node parameters.
## Send one GET

1. Search for HTTP Request and connect it after the previous node.
2. Set Method to GET. Set URL to a full address, for example https://httpbin.org/get.
3. Leave Authentication empty. Select Execute step.
4. The output is the status and body the server returned. Later nodes use those fields.

When the API needs an account, set Authentication and select a saved credential. Refer to [Create and edit credentials in Duaer](/credentials.md).

$pageCount, $request, and $response work only in pagination expressions on this node. Refer to [Use HTTP node pagination variables in Duaer](/code/builtin/http-node-variables.md).
## Questions

### Does HTTP Request in Duaer put secrets in the exported JSON?

No. Secrets stay in the credential. The export keeps a reference, and you select the credential again after import.