From e88a13fb2fd17e62c41576683e40bbc37210fccf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kaelin Laundry <wasabifan@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 13:40:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add mention of bearer auth to docs (#1583)

---
 docs/index.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 90d7d0356..df9b8adef 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -485,6 +485,10 @@ By default only `Basic` auth is used. In browser you can add `{type:'auto'}` to
 
     request.auth('digest', 'secret', {type:'auto'})
 
+The `auth` method also supports a `type` of `bearer`, to specify token-based authentication:
+
+    request.auth('my_token', { type: 'bearer' })
+
 ## Following redirects
 
 By default up to 5 redirects will be followed, however you may specify this with the `res.redirects(n)` method: