Authenticating your request =========================== Many requests that you make will require authentication of some type. Requests includes support out of the box for HTTP Basic authentication, with more built-ins coming soon. A Basic authenticated call can be made like this: ```php $options = array( 'auth' => new \WpOrg\Requests\Auth\Basic(array('user', 'password')) ); \WpOrg\Requests\Requests::get('https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/password', array(), $options); ``` As Basic authentication is usually what you want when you specify a username and password, you can also just pass in an array as a shorthand: ```php $options = array( 'auth' => array('user', 'password') ); \WpOrg\Requests\Requests::get('https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/password', array(), $options); ``` Note that `POST`/`PUT` requests take a `$data` parameter, so you need to pass that before `$options`: ```php \WpOrg\Requests\Requests::post('https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/password', array(), null, $options); ``` *** Previous: [Advanced usage](usage-advanced.md) Next: [Custom authentification](authentication-custom.md)