puppetlabs / puppetlabs/puppetlabs-http_request
Reg: Basic Auth
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- Ruby
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Description
Use Case
Hello,
I am evaluating this module to use it for REST API based management of various devices including the Datapower appliance and would like to have the ability to pass basic authentication credentials for the same, please let me know how a basic auth credential can be passed using the http_request module?
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Contributor guide
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the http_request module's current request and authentication handling; the issue names no files or tests. Identify how Basic Auth credentials should be passed for REST requests, then verify that the resulting request behavior meets the stated use case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- api, authentication
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100