v3 Not working with { "Authorization": "basic 123456789123456789==" } header

[jgwhitebeard]

Hello. I have 2 versions of companion running the generic-http module with identical connection and button settings. V2.2.0 authenticates fine using the "Authorization" header, but V3.1.2 gets "HTTP GET Request failed (Response code 401 (Unauthorized))". Am I missing something? Thanks.

For Info: The device I'm controlling is the Lindy Power Switch Classic 8 using the web cgi API.

[Julusian]

I'm not able to reproduce this. If I create a simple http server expecting basic authentication with:

import express from "express";

const app = express();

function authentication(req, res, next) {
  const authheader = req.headers.authorization;
  console.log(req.headers);

  if (!authheader) {
    let err = new Error("You are not authenticated!");
    res.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic");
    err.status = 401;
    return next(err);
  }

  const auth = new Buffer.from(authheader.split(" ")[1], "base64")
    .toString()
    .split(":");
  const user = auth[0];
  const pass = auth[1];

  if (user == "admin" && pass == "password") {
    // If Authorized user
    next();
  } else {
    let err = new Error("You are not authenticated!");
    res.setHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic");
    err.status = 401;
    return next(err);
  }
}

app.use(authentication);

app.use("/abc", (req, res) => {
  console.log("ok");
  // console.log(req);
  res.sendStatus(200);
});

// Server setup
app.listen(3123, () => {
  console.log("Server is Running ");
});

And make the request:

It successfully authenticates

[jgwhitebeard]

Thanks for testing it Julusian. Still couldn't get it to work for me today so reinstalled and it's working now. Very strange. Sorry to have taken up your time.