NAME

       HTTP::basicAuthHeader - Create a Basic authentication header

SYNOPSIS

       Pair<String, String> basicAuthHeader( String user, String pwd )

ARGUMENTS

       user The username

       pwd The password

DESCRIPTION

       Creates  an  authentication  header  suitable  for  HTTP  Basic  Auth. The username may not contain a ':'
       character. Remember that this form of authentication is very insecure, and so should only  be  used  over
       secure connections.

AUTHORS

       Kaya  standard  library  by  Edwin  Brady,  Chris  Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For further
       information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the  terms  of
       the  GNU  Lesser  General  Public  License  (version  2.1  or any later version) as published by the Free
       Software Foundation.

RELATED

       HTTP.getURL (3kaya)
       HTTP.postURL (3kaya)

Kaya                                                July 2013                        HTTP.basicAuthHeader(3kaya)