HTTP Basic Authentication - what's the expected web browser experience?

Question

When a server allows access via Basic HTTP Authentication, what is the experience expected to be in a web browser?

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Answer 1

You can use Postman a plugin for chrome. It gives the ability to choose the authentication type you need for each of the requests. In that menu you can configure user and password. Postman will automatically translate the config to a authentication header that will be sent with your request.