---
name: "HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::Authorization::Basic"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libhttp-headers-actionpack-perl"
version: "0.09-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::Authorization::Basic"
---

# HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::Authorization::Basic(3pm)

The Basic Authorization Header

## NAME

HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::Authorization::Basic - The Basic Authorization Header

## VERSION

version 0.09

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::Authorization::Basic;
  # create from string
  my $auth = HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::Authorization::Basic->new_from_string(
      'Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ=='
  );
  # create from parameters
  my $auth = HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::Authorization::Basic->new(
      'Basic' => {
          username => 'Aladdin',
          password => 'open sesame'
      }
  );
  my $auth = HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::Authorization::Basic->new(
      'Basic' => [ 'Aladdin', 'open sesame' ]
  );
  my $auth = HTTP::Headers::ActionPack::Authorization::Basic->new(
      'Basic' => 'QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ=='
  );
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class represents the Authorization header with the specific focus on the 'Basic' type.

## METHODS

- "new ( $type, $credentials )"

  The `$credentials` argument can either be a Base64 encoded string (as would be passed in via the header), a HASH ref with username and password keys, or a two element ARRAY ref where the first element is the username and the second the password.

- "new\_from\_string ( $header\_string )"

  - "auth\_type"

  - "username"

  - "password"

  - "as\_string"

  ## AUTHOR

Stevan Little \<stevan.little@iinteractive.com\>

## CONTRIBUTORS

- •

  Andrew Nelson \<anelson@cpan.org\>

- •

  Dave Rolsky \<autarch@urth.org\>

- •

  Florian Ragwitz \<rafl@debian.org\>

- •

  Jesse Luehrs \<doy@tozt.net\>

- •

  Karen Etheridge \<ether@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Infinity Interactive, Inc..

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.