Use .netrc for preconfigured authentication
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Description
Frequently authentication needs to be configured outside the code. Quite standard approach in Unix world is to store those credentials in ~/.netrc and this is widely supported in HTTP clients, i.e. wget, curl or python-requests. Please include support for auto-reading credentials from ~/.netrc as well (I believe there is an npm module for parsing that).
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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
Start by locating Needle's authentication configuration and request setup, then review how existing HTTP clients handle ~/.netrc credentials and identify a suitable npm parser. Done means credentials can be read from ~/.netrc and used for authentication without requiring them in code, with coverage for the supported behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- backend, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100