2025
February
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Coil AsyncImage with Authentication
I’ve been working on a side project that includes both a backend (Quarkus-based, of course) and a mobile app (I’m using Kotlin Multiplatform, but that’s a topic for another time). In this project, I need to display an image (think profile picture), but the link is secured, meaning I need to authenticate with the server to get it. I couldn’t find anything in the Coil docs explaining directly how to do that, but I was finally able to piece it together, and I’d like to share that here in case it helps someone else.
My name is Jason Lee. I am a software developer living in the middle of Oklahoma. I’ve been a professional developer since 1997,
using a variety of languages, including Java, Javascript, PHP, Python, Delphi, and even a bit of C#. I currently work for Red Hat
on the WildFly/EAP team, where, among other things, I maintain integrations for some MicroProfile specs, OpenTelemetry, Micrometer,
Jakarta Faces, and Bean Validation. (Full resume 