Android OkHttp with Basic Authentication

Question

I\'m using the OkHttp library for a new project and am impressed with its ease of use. I now have a need to use Basic Authentication. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of w

Answer 1

Okhttp3 with base 64 auth

String endpoint = "https://www.example.com/m/auth/"
String username = "user123";
String password = "12345";
String credentials = username + ":" + password;

final String basic =
        "Basic " + Base64.encodeToString(credentials.getBytes(), Base64.NO_WRAP);
Request request = new Request.Builder()
        .url(endpoint)
        .header("Authorization", basic)
        .build();


OkHttpClient client = SomeUtilFactoryClass.buildOkhttpClient();
client.newCall(request).enqueue(new Callback() {
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