Basic HTTP Authorization Header in Node.js

basic-http-auth-node.js

var key = <my key>,
    secret = <my secret>,
    https = require("https"),
    https_options = {
        "host": <host>,
        "path": <path>,
        "port": <port>,
        "method": <method>,
        "headers": {
            "Authorization": "Basic " + new Buffer(key + ":" + secret, "utf8").toString("base64")
        }
    },
    request = https.request(https_options, function(response) {
        // Handle response
    });