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      "uid": "35240-18461f15-39d6-4831-ad11-172c7f41973c"
    }
  ],
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    "type": "apikey",
    "apikey": [
      {
        "key": "key",
        "value": "Authorization",
        "type": "string"
      },
      {
        "key": "value",
        "value": "{{apiKey}}",
        "type": "string"
      },
      {
        "key": "in",
        "value": "header",
        "type": "string"
      }
    ]
  },
  "variable": [
    {
      "key": "region",
      "value": "us-east-1"
    },
    {
      "key": "baseUrl",
      "value": "http://autoscaling.{{region}}.amazonaws.com"
    }
  ]
}