class Protocol::HTTP::Header::Authorization
def self.basic(username, password)
@parameter password [String] The password.
@parameter username [String] The username.
Generate a new basic authorization header, encoding the given username and password.
def self.basic(username, password) strict_base64_encoded = ["#{username}:#{password}"].pack("m0") self.new( "Basic #{strict_base64_encoded}" ) end