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itsthedoc / Test-IWRBasicAuth.ps1

Created November 22, 2017 15:59

Powershell example script to create headers to submit an HTTP request with basic auth

	$user = "USERNAME"
	$pass = "PASSWORD"
	$pair = "${user}:${pass}"

	#Encode the string to the RFC2045-MIME variant of Base64, except not limited to 76 char/line.
	$bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($pair)
	$base64 = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($bytes)

	#Create the Auth value as the method, a space, and then the encoded pair Method Base64String
	$basicAuthValue = "Basic $base64"