basic-auth-token

> Token generated by concatenating username and password with : character within a base64 encoded string.

  

``shell
npm install basic-auth-token --save
`

###### npm stats

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Example

`js
var token = require('basic-auth-token');
token("Aladdin", "open sesame")
//=> QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==
`

API

$3

###### arguments

* user: (String) username.
* pass: (String) password.

###### returns

* (String)` token.

Reference

- [RFC2617]
- [Security Considerations]
- [Increasing Security]

Notes

If you want the full [RFC2617] authorization header value, check out basic-authorization-header.

Licenses


[RFC2617]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617#section-2
[Security Considerations]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617#section-4
[Increasing Security]: http://security.stackexchange.com/a/27881/72283