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)