Method: Gem::Net::HTTPHeader#basic_auth

Defined in:

lib/rubygems/net-http/lib/net/http/header.rb

#basic_auth(account, password) ⇒ Object

Sets header 'Authorization' using the given account and password strings:

req.basic_auth('my_account', 'my_password')
req['Authorization']
# => "Basic bXlfYWNjb3VudDpteV9wYXNzd29yZA=="

# File 'lib/rubygems/net-http/lib/net/http/header.rb', line 945

def basic_auth(account, password)
  @header['authorization'] = [basic_encode(account, password)]
end