= Basic authorization example using REST To try this example, you need GNU `make` and `git` in your PATH. To build and run the example, use the following command: [source,bash] $ make run Then point your browser to http://localhost:8080 == HTTP/1.1 example output Request with no authentication: [source,bash] ---- $ curl -i http://localhost:8080 HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized connection: keep-alive server: Cowboy date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:10:27 GMT content-length: 0 www-authenticate: Basic realm="cowboy" ---- Request with authentication: [source,bash] ---- $ curl -i -u "Alladin:open sesame" http://localhost:8080 HTTP/1.1 200 OK connection: keep-alive server: Cowboy date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:11:12 GMT content-length: 16 content-type: text/plain Hello, Alladin! ---- == HTTP/2 example output Request with no authentication: [source,bash] ---- $ nghttp -v http://localhost:8080 [ 0.000] Connected [ 0.000] send SETTINGS frame (niv=2) [SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS(0x03):100] [SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE(0x04):65535] [ 0.000] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=0, weight=201, exclusive=0) [ 0.000] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=0, weight=101, exclusive=0) [ 0.000] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=0, weight=1, exclusive=0) [ 0.000] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=7, weight=1, exclusive=0) [ 0.000] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=3, weight=1, exclusive=0) [ 0.000] send HEADERS frame ; END_STREAM | END_HEADERS | PRIORITY (padlen=0, dep_stream_id=11, weight=16, exclusive=0) ; Open new stream :method: GET :path: / :scheme: http :authority: localhost:8080 accept: */* accept-encoding: gzip, deflate user-agent: nghttp2/1.7.1 [ 0.004] recv SETTINGS frame (niv=0) [ 0.004] recv SETTINGS frame ; ACK (niv=0) [ 0.004] send SETTINGS frame ; ACK (niv=0) [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) :status: 401 [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) content-length: 0 [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:15:56 GMT [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) server: Cowboy [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) www-authenticate: Basic realm="cowboy" [ 0.004] recv HEADERS frame ; END_HEADERS (padlen=0) ; First response header [ 0.004] recv DATA frame ; END_STREAM [ 0.004] send GOAWAY frame (last_stream_id=0, error_code=NO_ERROR(0x00), opaque_data(0)=[]) ---- Request with authentication: [source,bash] ---- $ nghttp -v -H "Authorization: Basic `echo -n Alladin:open sesame | base64`" http://localhost:8080 [ 0.000] Connected [ 0.000] send SETTINGS frame (niv=2) [SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS(0x03):100] [SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE(0x04):65535] [ 0.000] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=0, weight=201, exclusive=0) [ 0.000] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=0, weight=101, exclusive=0) [ 0.000] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=0, weight=1, exclusive=0) [ 0.000] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=7, weight=1, exclusive=0) [ 0.001] send PRIORITY frame (dep_stream_id=3, weight=1, exclusive=0) [ 0.001] send HEADERS frame ; END_STREAM | END_HEADERS | PRIORITY (padlen=0, dep_stream_id=11, weight=16, exclusive=0) ; Open new stream :method: GET :path: / :scheme: http :authority: localhost:8080 accept: */* accept-encoding: gzip, deflate user-agent: nghttp2/1.7.1 authorization: Basic QWxsYWRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ== [ 0.002] recv SETTINGS frame (niv=0) [ 0.002] recv SETTINGS frame ; ACK (niv=0) [ 0.002] send SETTINGS frame ; ACK (niv=0) [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) :status: 200 [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) content-length: 16 [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) content-type: text/plain [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:15:48 GMT [ 0.004] recv (stream_id=13) server: Cowboy [ 0.004] recv HEADERS frame ; END_HEADERS (padlen=0) ; First response header Hello, Alladin! [ 0.004] recv DATA frame ; END_STREAM [ 0.004] send GOAWAY frame (last_stream_id=0, error_code=NO_ERROR(0x00), opaque_data(0)=[]) ----