Steps to Create Basic Express Server to Receive Basic Auth
We will send the basic auth from frontend using axios. But it will require a server setup to receieve the test request. We will build that server first.
Step 1: Create a folder, enter into it and initialize a node app. Run the following commands to do that
mkdir server
cd server
npm init
Step 2: Install the dependencies to create a server
npm install cors express
How to send Basic Auth with Axios in React & Node ?
Basic Auth is a simple authentication scheme. It involves sending a username and password with each request to the server through HTTP. Axios is a popular HTTP client for making requests in JavaScript.
In this article, we will create a React App to demonstrate sending basic Auth with Axios and discuss the following approaches:
Table of Content
- Basic approach with Inline Header
- Creating an Instance of Axios
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