Name
credentials
Synopsis
$ua
->credentials(netloc
, realm
, uname
, pass
)
Description
Uses the given username and password for authentication at the given network location and realm.
This method sets the parameters for either the WWW-Authenticate or Proxy-Authenticate
headers in a request. The get_basic_credentials
method is called by
request
to retrieve the username and passwords, if they exist. The arguments are:
.S1 Arguments
- netloc
The network location (usually a URL string) to which the username and password apply.
- realm
The name of the server-defined range of URLs that this data applies to.
- uname
The username for authentication.
- pass
The password for authentication. By default, the password will be transmitted with MIME base-64 encoding.
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