A simple patch to add one argument (the Base64-encoded value of the "Basic" authorization HTTP header) to node.couchapp.js.

couchapp+auth.patch

diff --git a/bin.js b/bin.js
index 21a4f35..4a7c8ae 100755
--- a/bin.js
+++ b/bin.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var node = process.argv.shift()
   , command = process.argv.shift()
   , app = process.argv.shift()
   , couch = process.argv.shift()
+  , auth = process.argv.shift()
   ;
 
 if (command == 'help' || command == undefined) {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ if (command == 'help' || command == undefined) {
     [ "couchapp -- utility for creating couchapps" 
     , ""
     , "Usage:"
-    , "  couchapp <command> app.js http://localhost:5984/dbname"
+    , "  couchapp <command> app.js http://localhost:5984/dbname [auth]"
     , ""
     , "Commands:"
     , "  push   : Push app once to server."
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ if (command == 'boiler') {
   
   copytree(path.join(__dirname, 'boiler'), path.join(process.env.PWD, app));
 } else {
-  couchapp.createApp(require(abspath(app)), couch, function (app) {
+  couchapp.createApp(require(abspath(app)), couch, auth, function (app) {
     if (command == 'push') app.push()
     else if (command == 'sync') app.sync()
   
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index f20574d..6cbf9ab 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ function playSound () {
   spawn("/usr/bin/afplay", ["/System/Library/Sounds/Blow.aiff"]);
 }
   
-function createApp (doc, url, cb) {
+function createApp (doc, url, auth, cb) {
   var app = {doc:doc}
+
+  if(auth) {
+    h.Authorization = "Basic "+auth;
+  }
   
   app.fds = {};