Basic authentication .http file example

basic-auth.http

@baseUrl = https://api.example.com
@username = demo-user
@password = replace-with-password

### Read an account protected by Basic auth
GET {{baseUrl}}/account
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Basic {{username}}:{{password}}

Variables to replace

baseUrl: The API origin.
username: The Basic-auth user name.
password: A placeholder password; move the real value to a git-ignored .env file.

Expected response

Matching credentials commonly return 200 OK. Missing or rejected credentials normally return 401 Unauthorized with a WWW-Authenticate response header.

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