http_server_basicauth.js

var http = require('http');
var host = '192.168.11.14';
var port = 1337;
var htpasswd = {'alice' : 'alicepass'};
var server = http.createServer(function(req, res){
  function showAuthContent(res, username, password){
    if(username in htpasswd && htpasswd[username] === password){
      res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type' : 'text/plain' });
      res.end('Hello Authed World\n');
    }else{
      res.writeHead(403, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
      res.end('Forbidden\n');
    }
  }
  if(req.headers.authorization){
    var header = req.headers.authorization.split(' ');
    if(header[0] === 'Basic' && header[1]){
      var data = (new Buffer(header[1], 'base64').toString()).split(':');
      showAuthContent(res, data[0], data[1]);
    }else{
      res.writeHead(403, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
      res.end('Forbidden\n');
    }
  }else{
    res.writeHead(401, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
      'WWW-Authenticat' : 'Basic realm="Username"'});
    res.end('Authorization Required');
  }
});
server.on('error', function(e){
  console.log('Server Error: ', e.message);
});
server.listen(port, function(){
  console.log('listening on', host + ':' + port);
});