@@ -23,16 +23,10 @@ $ npm install basic-auth
2323<!-- eslint-disable no-unused-vars -->
2424
2525``` js
26- var auth = require (' basic-auth' );
26+ const { parse } = require (' basic-auth' );
2727```
2828
29- ### auth(req)
30-
31- Get the basic auth credentials from the given request. The ` Authorization `
32- header is parsed and if the header is invalid, ` undefined ` is returned,
33- otherwise an object with ` name ` and ` pass ` properties.
34-
35- ### auth.parse(string)
29+ ### parse(string)
3630
3731Parse a basic auth authorization header string. This will return an object
3832with ` name ` and ` pass ` properties, or ` undefined ` if the string is invalid.
@@ -44,25 +38,24 @@ auth authorization header string.
4438
4539## Example
4640
47- Pass a Node.js request object to the module export . If parsing fails
41+ Pass a Basic auth header to the ` parse() ` method . If parsing fails
4842` undefined ` is returned, otherwise an object with ` .name ` and ` .pass ` .
4943
5044<!-- eslint-disable no-unused-vars, no-undef -->
5145
5246``` js
53- var auth = require (' basic-auth' );
54- var user = auth (req);
47+ const { parse } = require (' basic-auth' );
48+ const user = parse (req . headers . authorization );
5549// => { name: 'something', pass: 'whatever' }
5650```
5751
58- A header string from any other location can also be parsed with
59- ` auth.parse ` , for example a ` Proxy-Authorization ` header:
52+ A header string from any other location can also be parsed for example a ` Proxy-Authorization ` header:
6053
6154<!-- eslint-disable no-unused-vars, no-undef -->
6255
6356``` js
64- var auth = require (' basic-auth' );
65- var user = auth . parse (req .getHeader (' Proxy-Authorization' ));
57+ const { parse } = require (' basic-auth' );
58+ const user = parse (req .getHeader (' Proxy-Authorization' ));
6659```
6760
6861A credentials object can be formatted with ` auth.format ` as
@@ -80,13 +73,13 @@ var authHeader = auth.format(credentials);
8073### With vanilla node.js http server
8174
8275``` js
83- var http = require (' http' );
84- var auth = require (' basic-auth' );
85- var compare = require (' tsscmp' );
76+ const http = require (' node: http' );
77+ const { parse } = require (' basic-auth' );
78+ const compare = require (' tsscmp' );
8679
8780// Create server
88- var server = http .createServer (function (req , res ) {
89- var credentials = auth (req);
81+ const server = http .createServer (function (req , res ) {
82+ const credentials = parse (req . headers . authorization );
9083
9184 // Check credentials
9285 // The "check" function will typically be against your user store
@@ -101,7 +94,7 @@ var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
10194
10295// Basic function to validate credentials for example
10396function check (name , pass ) {
104- var valid = true ;
97+ let valid = true ;
10598
10699 // Simple method to prevent short-circuit and use timing-safe compare
107100 valid = compare (name, ' john' ) && valid;
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