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Basic Auth Generator

Generate HTTP Basic Authentication headers for simple authentication scenarios.

Credentials

Enter username and password to generate Basic Auth header

Authorization Header

Enter username to generate Authorization header

Usage Examples

HTTP Header

GET /api/resource HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=
Content-Type: application/json

JavaScript Fetch API

fetch('/api/data', {
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
})

cURL Command

curl -H "Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=" \
     https://api.example.com/data

Security Tips

• Basic Auth transmits Base64 encoded credentials in cleartext

• Use only over HTTPS

• Consider more secure methods (JWT, OAuth2)

• Rotate credentials regularly