basic-auth-token

Token generated by concatenating username and password with : character within a base64 encoded string.

npm install basic-auth-token --save

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Example

var token = require('basic-auth-token');
token("Aladdin", "open sesame")
//=> QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==

API

token(user, pass)

arguments

• user: (String) username.
• pass: (String) password.

returns

• (String) token.

Reference

• RFC2617
• Security Considerations
• Increasing Security

Notes

If you want the full RFC2617 authorization header value, check out basic-authorization-header.

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