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/* * Copyright (C) 2010 Atlassian * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.auth; import com.atlassian.httpclient.api.Request; import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.AuthenticationHandler; import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64; /** * Handler for HTTP basic authentication. * Do NOT use it in with unencrypted HTTP protocol over public networks, as credentials are passed * effectively in free text. * * @since v0.1 */ public class BasicHttpAuthenticationHandler implements AuthenticationHandler { private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization"; private final String username; private final String password; public BasicHttpAuthenticationHandler(final String username, final String password) { this.username = username; this.password = password; } @Override public void configure(Request.Builder builder) { builder.setHeader(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, "Basic " + encodeCredentials()); } private String encodeCredentials() { byte[] credentials = (username + ':' + password).getBytes(); return new String(Base64.encodeBase64(credentials)); } }