how-to-use-basic-auth-with-http-client.md

How to use basic auth with HTTP client

package main

import ("net/http"; "os"; "io")

func main() {
  h := http.Client{}
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://echoof.me/", nil)
  req.SetBasicAuth("user", "pwd")
  r, _ := h.Do(req)
  defer r.Body.Close()
  io.Copy(os.Stdout, r.Body)
}

• package main - default package declaration
• net/http - lib:http package to work with http protocol
• http.Client{} - creates new HTTP client object
• http.NewRequest - creates HTTP request object
• "GET" - HTTP method to use
• SetBasicAuth( - set basic auth username and password
• .Do( - sends given request
• io.Copy(os.Stdout, r.Body) - output response body to stdout

group: http_client

Example:

package main

import ("net/http"; "os"; "io")

func main() {
  h := http.Client{}
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://echoof.me/", nil)
  req.SetBasicAuth("user", "pwd")
  r, _ := h.Do(req)
  defer r.Body.Close()
  io.Copy(os.Stdout, r.Body)
}

IP:                           135.181.98.214

ACCEPT_ENCODING:              gzip
AUTHORIZATION:                Basic dXNlcjpwd2Q=
USER_AGENT:                   Go-http-client/1.1

https://echoof.me