https://github.com/WP-API/Basic-Auth

Basic Authentication handler for the JSON API, used for development and debugging purposes
https://github.com/WP-API/Basic-Auth

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Basic Authentication handler for the JSON API, used for development and debugging purposes

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/WP-API/Basic-Auth
• Owner: WP-API
• Created: 2014-04-29T01:37:51.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-12-19T19:15:06.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-29T12:35:08.123Z (8 months ago)
• Language: PHP
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 734
• Watchers: 32
• Forks: 274
• Open Issues: 51
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# Basic Authentication handler

This plugin adds Basic Authentication to a WordPress site.

Note that this plugin requires sending your username and password with every

request, and should only be used over SSL-secured connections or for local

development and testing. Without SSL we strongly recommend using the

[OAuth 1.0a][oauth] authentication handler in production environments.

## Installing

1. Download the plugin into your plugins directory

2. Enable in the WordPress admin

## Using

This plugin adds support for Basic Authentication, as specified in [RFC2617][].

Most HTTP clients will allow you to use this authentication natively. Some

examples are listed below.

### cURL

```sh

curl --user admin:password https://example.com/wp-json/

```

### WP_Http

```php

$args = array(

	'headers' => array(

		'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . base64_encode( $username . ':' . $password ),

	),

);

```

### [node-wpapi][]

```js

const WPAPI = require('./wpapi')

const wp = new WPAPI({

    endpoint: 'https://example.com/wp-json',

    username: 'editor',

    password: 'password'

});

```

[oauth]: https://github.com/WP-API/OAuth1

[RFC2617]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617

[node-wpapi]: http://wp-api.org/node-wpapi/