Merge pull request #331 from warrenvw/master

Document core.http basic authentication parameters

Author: warrenvw

docs/source/actions.rst

@@ -659,6 +659,13 @@ executed from the |st2| box:
 
     st2 run core.http url="http://httpbin.org/get" method="GET"
 
+Similar to cURL, this action supports basic authentication when provided a username
+and password:
+
+::
+
+    st2 run core.http url="http://httpbin.org/get" method="GET" username=user1 password=pass1
+
 To see all actions in the ``core`` pack:
 
 ::

docs/source/start.rst

@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ Fire the POST, check out the file and see that it appends the payload if the nam
     # And for fun, same post with st2
     st2 run core.http method=POST body='{"you": "too", "name": "st2"}' url=https://localhost/api/v1/webhooks/sample headers='x-auth-token=put_token_here;content-type=application/json' verify_ssl_cert=False
 
+    # And for even more fun, same post with st2 using basic authentication
+    st2 run core.http method=POST body='{"you": "too", "name": "st2"}' url=https://localhost/api/v1/webhooks/sample headers='content-type=application/json' verify_ssl_cert=False username=user1 password=pass1
+
     # Check that the rule worked. By default, st2 runs as the stanley user.
     sudo tail /home/stanley/st2.webhook_sample.out