401 unauthorized github api

Question

Im trying to authenticate to github via a github api in vue js but it returns a 401 unauthorized error,any ideas

 sendDetails(e){
      e.preventDefault();
      let that=this;
      var b=that.username+':'+that.password;
      var encodedAuth=b.toString('base64');
      console.log(encodedAuth);
        that.$http.post('https://api.github.com/user',{
            headers: {
                'Authorization' : encodedAuth
            }
        })
        .then(function(response){
           console.log(response);
        });
  }

but the same format works using curl

Basic authentication also prefixes the credentials with `Basic` https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization#Examples Perhaps this solves the problem. — Stephan-v, Oct 02 '18 at 12:33

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 24 '20 at 16:28

0

Try:

sendDetails(e){
  e.preventDefault();
  let that=this;
  var b=that.username+':'+that.password;
  var encodedAuth=b.toString('base64');
  console.log(encodedAuth);
    that.$http.post('https://api.github.com/user',{
        headers: {
            'Authorization': 'Basic ' + encodedAuth
        }
    })
    .then(function(response){
       console.log(response);
    });
}

edited May 24 '20 at 16:28

m02ph3u5

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answered Nov 14 '18 at 07:30

runnerpaul

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401 unauthorized github api

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