Authorization
Summary
Allows a user agent to authenticate itself with an origin server.
Overview table
Direction
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Features
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Syntax
Authorization = credentials
credentials = auth-scheme [ 1*SP ( token68 / #auth-param ) ]
auth-scheme = token
auth-param = token BWS "=" BWS ( token / quoted-string )
token68 = 1*( ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." / "_" / "~" / "+" / "/" ) *"="
Examples
Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==
Notes
Other specifications define the authorization schemes that may be used with the header: A registry of these Authorization schemes is maintained by the IANA in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Authentication Scheme Registry.