Support basic authentication

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ## CHANGELOG
 
+### Unreleased
+
+#### Features
+
+- Support basic authentication
+
 ### v0.1.1
 
 #### Bugfixes

README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ PostgREST client for Python. This library provides an ORM interface to PostgREST
 
 ## INSTALLATION
 
+### Requirements
+
+- Python >= 3.7
+- PostgreSQL >= 12
+- PostgREST >= 7
+
+### Instructions
+
 ## USAGE
 
 ## DOCUMENTATION

postgrest_py/client.py

@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@ async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb) -> None:
     async def aclose(self) -> None:
         await self.session.aclose()
 
-    def auth(self, token: str):
-        self.session.headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
+    def auth(self, bearer_token: str, *, username: str = None, password=""):
+        """Authenticate the request, with either bearer token or basic authentication."""
+
+        if username:
+            self.session.auth = (username, password)
+        else:
+            self.session.headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {bearer_token}"
         return self
 
     def schema(self, schema: str):