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RESTful Web API Design with Node.js 10 - Third Edition
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RESTful Web API Design with Node.js 10 - Third Edition

by Valentin Bojinov
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
178 pages
3h 51m
English
Packt Publishing
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Basic authentication

HTTP basic authentication is one of the most popular and straightforward authentication mechanisms available out there. It relies on HTTP headers in the request, which provide the user's credentials. Optionally, the server may reply with a header, forcing the clients to authenticate themselves. The following diagram shows a client-server interaction when basic authentication is carried out:

Whenever an HTTP request is sent to an endpoint secured by HTTP basic authentication, the server replies with an HTTP 401 Unauthorized status code, and, optionally, with a WWW-Authenticate header. This header forces the client to send ...

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