postmanlabs / postmanlabs/postman-code-generators
Curl ignores any auth that's is not ntlm auth
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Description
Describe the bug
Basic and Bearer auth gets ignored by the curl codegenerator
To Reproduce
Use any auth that's not ntlm, it gets ignored by the script
Expected code snippet and corresponding request
The basic auth should use -u and bearer auth should add a header
Contributor guide
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate the Curl code generator and its authentication handling, then reproduce the issue with Basic and Bearer auth. Done means Basic auth produces a -u option and Bearer auth adds a header, while NTLM behavior remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100