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instance method

Net::HTTPHeader#basic_auth

(::String account, ::String password) -> void

basic_auth(account, password)

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/lib/net/http/header.rb, line 990
def basic_auth(account, password)
  @header['authorization'] = [basic_encode(account, password)]
end

Sets header 'Authorization' using the given account and password strings:

Example

req.basic_auth('my_account', 'my_password')
req['Authorization']
# => "Basic bXlfYWNjb3VudDpteV9wYXNzd29yZA=="

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