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Index

• func DecodeBasicAuth(auth string) (username, password string, ok bool)
• func EncodeBasicAuth(username, password string) string

Functions

func DecodeBasicAuth

func DecodeBasicAuth(auth string) (username, password string, ok bool)

parseBasicAuth parses an HTTP Basic Authentication string. "Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==" returns ("Aladdin", "open sesame", true).

func EncodeBasicAuth

func EncodeBasicAuth(username, password string) string

See 2 (end of page 4) https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt "To receive authorization, the client sends the userid and password, separated by a single colon (":") character, within a base64 encoded string in the credentials." It is not meant to be urlencoded.