HttpBasic authentication

This is the most straightforward method and the easiest. With this method, the sender places a username:password into the request header. The username and password are encoded with Base64, which is an encoding technique that converts the username and password into a set of 64 characters to ensure safe transmission.

Parameter Description
username The user name. This can also be supplied by the credential supplier.
password The password. This can be provided by the credential supplier.
method The method is always HttpBasic

See also