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Created April 26, 2018 16:11
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Node.js/Javascript function to extract HTTP Basic auth from Authorization header string
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getBasicAuthArray.js
const getBasicAuthArray = data => {
data = data.split(' ');
if (data.length !== 2 || !data[0].length || !data[1].length || data[0].toLowerCase() !== 'basic') return [null, null];
let basicAuthData = Buffer.from(data[1], 'base64').toString('utf8').split(':');
return [basicAuthData.shift(), basicAuthData.join(':')];
};
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