HTTP Client based on NodeJS: How to authenticate a request?

Question

This is the code I have to make a simple GET request:

var options = {
    host: \'localhost\',
    port: 8000,
    path: \'/restricted\'
};

request = http.g         


        

Answer 1

You need to add the Authorization to the options like a header encoded with base64. Like:

var options = {
    host: 'localhost',
    port: 8000,
    path: '/restricted',
    headers: {
     'Authorization': 'Basic ' + new Buffer(uname + ':' + pword).toString('base64')
   }         
};