Basic and Digest HTTP Authentication

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Authorization Request Header

Authorization Request Header

Basic Authentication

The content of the "Authorization" header should be:

Authorization: Basic <base64_of_username:password>

For example, if the username is "testuser" and password is "testpassword", then the string "testuser:testpassword" is base64-encoded and assigned to the Authorization header as follows:

Authorization: Basic dGVzdHVzZXI6dGVzdHBhc3N3b3Jk