From 9dc09768e5e475c43f85793db25148871012db67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Sherer <eli.sherer@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:17:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add client support for bearer token authentication

---
 lib/client.js | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index 6cf1b47ce..d7b7cfe2e 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -501,13 +501,16 @@ Request.prototype.accept = function(type){
  * Set Authorization field value with `user` and `pass`.
  *
  * @param {String} user
- * @param {String} pass
- * @param {Object} options with 'type' property 'auto' or 'basic' (default 'basic')
+ * @param {String} [pass] optional in case of using 'bearer' as type
+ * @param {Object} options with 'type' property 'auto', 'basic' or 'bearer' (default 'basic')
  * @return {Request} for chaining
  * @api public
  */
 
 Request.prototype.auth = function(user, pass, options){
+  if (typeof pass === 'object' && pass !== null) { // pass is optional and can substitute for options
+    options = pass;
+  }
   if (!options) {
     options = {
       type: 'function' === typeof btoa ? 'basic' : 'auto',
@@ -523,6 +526,10 @@ Request.prototype.auth = function(user, pass, options){
       this.username = user;
       this.password = pass;
     break;
+      
+    case 'bearer': // usage would be .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+      this.set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + user);
+    break;  
   }
   return this;
 };