fastify-basic-auth
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Add example of how to add credentials to request to README
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🚀 Feature Proposal
Add a simple example of how to add credentials to a request, to make it easier for beginners to use the plugin.
It's my first Issue so im sorry if i did something wrong
Motivation
it is unclear, where this plugin gets its the username and password from, if one is not familiar with how authorisation works
Example
How to add Credentials to request
The basic-auth plugin retrieves the credentials from the Authorization header.
const credentials: string = Buffer.from("username:password").toString('base64')
request.header("Authorisazion", "Basic " + credentials)
Would you like to send a Pull Request to address this issue? Remember to add unit tests.