basic

basic

#### HTTP Basic Auth for Node.js


$3

``bash
npm install basic
`

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`javascript
var http = require('http');
var basic = require('../../lib/index');

var auth = basic(function (user, pass, callback) {
if (user === 'let' && pass === 'me in') return callback(null);
callback(401);
});

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
auth(req, res, function (err) {
var head = (err) ? {'WWW-Authenticate': 'Basic realm="Secure Area"'} : {};
res.writeHead(err || 200, head);
res.end();
});
}).listen(8000);
`

`bash
curl --head -H "Authorization:Basic bGV0Om1lIGlu" http://localhost:8000
`

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`bash
npm test
``