basic-authorization-header

> RFC2617 basic authorization header from username and password.

  

``shell
npm install basic-authorization-header --save
`

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Example

`js
var basic = require('basic-authorization-header');
var headers = {
'Authorization': basic("Aladdin", "open sesame"),
};

//=> { Authorization: 'Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==' }
`

API

$3

###### arguments

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

###### returns

* (String)` basic authorization header value.

Reference

- RFC2617
- Security Considerations
- Increasing Security
- [http.request(options[, callback])](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback)

Notes

If you just want the token, check out basic-auth-token.

Licenses

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