powershell http post REST API basic authentication

Question

I have basic authentatication working with REST API using curl:

curl -X POST  -H \'Accept: application/json\' -u user:password http://localhost/test/
         


        

Answer 1

Your code looks good, I would try adding HTTP_AUTHORIZATION header for $webrequest like this:

$webRequest.Headers.Add("AUTHORIZATION", "Basic YTph");

Where YTph would be the base64encoded string for username : password.