util::http::basic_auth (public)

 util::http::basic_auth [ -headers headers ] -username username \
    -password password

Defined in packages/acs-tcl/tcl/http-client-procs.tcl

Builds BASIC authentication header for an HTTP request

Switches:

-headers (optional)

ns_set of request headers that will be populated with auth header. If not specified, a new ns_set will be created. Existing header for BASIC authentication will be overwtitten.

-username (required)

Username for authentication

-password (required)

Password for authentication

Returns:

ns_set of headers containing authentication data

Partial Call Graph (max 5 caller/called nodes):

Testcases:

No testcase defined.

Source code:

    if {$headers eq ""} {
        set headers [ns_set create headers]
    }
    set h "Basic [ns_base64encode ${username}:$password]"
    ns_set idelkey $headers "Authorization"
    ns_set put     $headers "Authorization" $h
    return $headers

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