HTTP.basicAuthHeader(3kaya)

HTTP.basicAuthHeader3kaya

Create a basic authentication header

Usage

Pair<String, String> basicAuthHeader( String user, String pwd )

Arguments

user The username

pwd The password

Overview

Creates an authentication header suitable for HTTP Basic Auth. The username may not contain a ':' character. Remember that this form of authentication is very insecure, and so should only be used over secure connections.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8

Authors

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others ([email protected]). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

License

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

From kaya 0.4.4-6.2 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.