Added basic auth support [node]. Closes #41

lib/node/index.js

@@ -465,6 +465,20 @@ Request.prototype.redirect = function(res){
   return this;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Set Authorization field value with `user` and `pass`.
+ *
+ * @param {String} user
+ * @param {String} pass
+ * @return {Request} for chaining
+ * @api public
+ */
+
+Request.prototype.auth = function(user, pass){
+  var str = new Buffer(user + ':' + pass).toString('base64');
+  return this.set('Authorization', 'Basic ' + str);
+};
+
 /**
  * Return an http[s] request.
  *

lib/node/utils.js

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ exports.uid = function(len){
   }
   return buf;
 };
+

test/node/basic-auth.js

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
+  , request = require('../../')
+  , express = require('express')
+  , assert = require('assert')
+  , app = express.createServer();
+
+app.use(express.basicAuth('tobi', 'learnboost'));
+
+app.get('/', function(req, res){
+  res.end('you win!');
+});
+
+app.listen(3010);
+
+describe('req.auth(user, pass)', function(){
+  describe('when valid', function(){
+    it('should serve the request', function(done){
+      request
+      .get('http://localhost:3010')
+      .auth('tobi', 'learnboost')
+      .end(function(res){
+        res.status.should.equal(200);
+        done();
+      });
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('when invalid', function(){
+    it('should 401', function(done){
+      request
+      .get('http://localhost:3010')
+      .auth('tobis', 'learnboost')
+      .end(function(res){
+        res.status.should.equal(401);
+        done();
+      });
+    })
+  })
+})