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

Someone asked for a Kotlin version of the interceptor. Here is what I came up with and it works great:

        val client = OkHttpClient().newBuilder().addInterceptor { chain ->
        val originalRequest = chain.request()

        val builder = originalRequest.newBuilder()
                .header("Authorization", Credentials.basic("ausername", "apassword"))
        val newRequest = builder.build()
        chain.proceed(newRequest)
    }.build()