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HttpWebRequest using Basic authentication

October 26, 2022 by Tarik

You can also just add the authorization header yourself. Just make the name “Authorization” and the value “Basic BASE64({USERNAME:PASSWORD})” var username = “abc”; var password = “123”; string encoded = System.Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.GetEncoding(“ISO-8859-1”) .GetBytes(username + “:” + password)); httpWebRequest.Headers.Add(“Authorization”, “Basic ” + encoded); Edit Switched the encoding from UTF-8 to ISO 8859-1 per What encoding should I … Read more

Android: Storing username and password?

October 21, 2022 by Tarik

Most Android and iPhone apps I have seen use an initial screen or dialog box to ask for credentials. I think it is cumbersome for the user to have to re-enter their name/password often, so storing that info makes sense from a usability perspective. The advice from the (Android dev guide) is: In general, we … Read more

What is the most appropriate way to store user settings in Android application

September 28, 2022 by Tarik

In general SharedPreferences are your best bet for storing preferences, so in general I’d recommend that approach for saving application and user settings. The only area of concern here is what you’re saving. Passwords are always a tricky thing to store, and I’d be particularly wary of storing them as clear text. The Android architecture … Read more

Using cURL with a username and password?

September 11, 2022 by Tarik

Use the -u flag to include a username, and curl will prompt for a password: curl -u username http://example.com You can also include the password in the command, but then your password will be visible in bash history: curl -u username:password http://example.com

Remove credentials from Git

September 6, 2022 by Tarik

If this problem comes on a Windows machine, do the following. Go to Credential Manager in German, it is called: Anmeldeinformationsverwaltung in French, it is called: Gestionnaire d’identification in Polish, it is called: Menedżer poświadczeń in Portuguese, it is called: Gerenciador de Credenciais in Russian, it is called: Диспетчер учётных данных in Spanish, it is … Read more

How can I save username and password in Git?

August 26, 2022 by Tarik

Attention: This method saves the credentials in plaintext on your PC’s disk. Everyone on your computer can access it, e.g. malicious NPM modules. Run git config –global credential.helper store then git pull provide a username and password and those details will then be remembered later. The credentials are stored in a file on the disk, … Read more