How to use basic authorization in PHP curl

Question

I am having problem with PHP curl request with basic authorization.

Here is the command line curl:

curl -H "Accept: application/product+xml" "https://{id}:{api_key}@api.domain.com/products?limit=1&offset=0"

I have tried by setting curl header in following ways but it's not working

Authorization: Basic id:api_key or Authorization: Basic {id}:{api_key}

I get the response "authentication parameter in the request are missing or invalid" but I have used proper id and api_key which is working in command line curl (I tested)

Please help me.

Thew · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-28 19:00:05Z

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Try the following code :

$username='ABC'; $password='XYZ'; $URL='<URL>'; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$URL); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30); //timeout after 30 seconds curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password"); $result=curl_exec ($ch); $status_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE); //get status code curl_close ($ch);

edited Nov 28, 2016 at 19:00

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answered Nov 19, 2013 at 6:05

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Joshua Pinter Over a year ago

Nice one! I had curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, 'CURLAUTH_BASIC'); but that wasn't working. Used your CURLAUTH_ANY and we're golden!

Joshua Pinter Over a year ago

I also was able to remove the CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH line and have it work properly.

Walter Tross Over a year ago

@JoshPinter, you were using the string 'CURLAUTH_BASIC' instead of the constant CURLAUTH_BASIC

FosAvance Over a year ago

This worked for me curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [ "Authorization: Basic ".base64_encode($this->username.":".$this->password), ]);

Alien Technology Over a year ago

Shouldn't curl_getinfo() come after curl_exec()?

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Krish R · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-19 06:01:42Z

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Can you try this,

 $ch = curl_init($url); ... curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ":" . $password); ...

REF: http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php

answered Nov 19, 2013 at 6:01

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Harish Prasanna Over a year ago

This actually worked for me instead of curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");

DrLightman Over a year ago

@HarishPrasanna, it's the same thing...

Danoosh · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-12 15:30:52Z

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$headers = array( 'Authorization: Basic '. base64_encode($username.':'.$password), ); ... curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);

answered May 12, 2020 at 15:30

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Jason Aller Over a year ago

When answering a six year old question with three existing answers it is important to explain what new aspect of the question your answer addresses. Code only answers can almost always be improved by adding explanation.

Danoosh Over a year ago

@JasonAller I'd tested all of them but wasn't working. There is a comment like my answer but I think this solution must be an answer.

Marki555 Over a year ago

@Danoosh your code is redundant. You manually construct the AUTH header specifying you want Basic and base64-encoding the user/pwd + instruct cURL to itself create an AUTH header using Basic auth, but didn't provide cURL any user/pwd to use, so it can't do it. Choose only 1 method - the 2nd one - why manully implement the encoding when cURL can do it for you.

Brock · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-02 04:35:03Z

Its Simple Way To Pass Header

function get_data($url) { $ch = curl_init(); $timeout = 5; $username = 'c4f727b9646045e58508b20ac08229e6'; // Put Username $password = ''; // Put Password curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password"); // Add This Line $data = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); return $data; } $url = "https://storage.scrapinghub.com/items/397187/2/127"; $data = get_data($url); echo '<pre>';`print_r($data_json);`die; // For Print Value

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