rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication

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class BasicAuthentication(BaseAuthentication): (source)

HTTP Basic authentication against username/password.

Method	`authenticate`	Returns a `User` if a correct username and password have been supplied using HTTP Basic authentication. Otherwise returns `None`.
Method	`authenticate_credentials`	Authenticate the userid and password against username and password with optional request for context.
Method	`authenticate_header`	Return a string to be used as the value of the `WWW-Authenticate` header in a `401 Unauthenticated` response, or `None` if the authentication scheme should return `403 Permission Denied` responses.
Class Variable	`www_authenticate_realm`	Undocumented

def authenticate(self, request): (source) ¶

overrides rest_framework.authentication.BaseAuthentication.authenticate

Returns a `User` if a correct username and password have been supplied using HTTP Basic authentication. Otherwise returns `None`.

def authenticate_credentials(self, userid, password, request=None): (source) ¶

Authenticate the userid and password against username and password with optional request for context.

def authenticate_header(self, request): (source) ¶

overrides rest_framework.authentication.BaseAuthentication.authenticate_header

Return a string to be used as the value of the `WWW-Authenticate` header in a `401 Unauthenticated` response, or `None` if the authentication scheme should return `403 Permission Denied` responses.

www_authenticate_realm: str = (source) ¶

Undocumented