How to request and pass an oauth token for REST API access in OpenShift 4

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Getting HTTP 403 error when making a request to the OpenShift REST API.
    Example:
Raw
$ curl -s -k -X GET https://api.example.com:6443/apis/project.openshift.io/v1/projects

{
  "kind": "Status",
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "metadata": {

  },
  "status": "Failure",
  "message": "projects.project.openshift.io is forbidden: User \"system:anonymous\" cannot list resource \"projects\" in API group \"project.openshift.io\" at the cluster scope",
  "reason": "Forbidden",
  "details": {
    "group": "project.openshift.io",
    "kind": "projects"
  },
  "code": 403
  • How to make REST API calls with curl to OpenShift ?

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) 4

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