Basic Authentication handler

This plugin adds Basic Authentication to a WordPress site.

Note that this plugin requires sending your username and password with every request, and should only be used for development and testing. We strongly recommend using the OAuth 1.0a authentication handler for production.

Installing

Download the plugin into your plugins directory
Enable in the WordPress admin

Using

This plugin adds support for Basic Authentication, as specified in RFC2617. Most HTTP clients will allow you to use this authentication natively. Some examples are listed below.

cURL

curl --user admin:password http://example.com/wp-json/

WP_Http

$args = array(
	'headers' => array(
		'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . base64_encode( $username . ':' . $password ),
	),
);

How to use with Angular

(tested with Angular 4.1.3)

        // Create Wordpress User

        let headers = new Headers();
        headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
        let userPassEncoded = btoa('username' + ":" + 'password');
        let data = `${uriData}&Authorization=Basic ${userPassEncoded}`;
        return this.http.post('http://wordpress-site-domain/wp-json' + '/users', data, {headers: headers})

CHANGELOG

2017-07-15

Added option to read data form $_REQUEST["Authorization"]
Added option to log values to file, for easy debugging. The log file is written in the plugin folder.