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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <[email protected]>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: basic
Help: HTTP Basic Authentication
Protocols: HTTP
Category: auth
Added: 7.10.6
Multi: mutex
See-also:
- proxy-basic
Example:
- '-u name:password --basic $URL'
--basic
Use HTTP Basic authentication with the remote host. This method is the default and this option is usually pointless, unless you use it to override a previously set option that sets a different authentication method (such as --ntlm, --digest, or --negotiate).
Used together with --user.