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iOS Build a Weather App with Swift (Retired) Pulling Data From the Web Making a Network Call

JeanEdern L
JeanEdern L
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JeanEdern L
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Suppose the API is protected by basic authentification (username, password). How to you make a call passing the info ?

Hi, I'am making a call to an API, but the call is protected by a basic authentification (it is a rails app). How do you pass the username and the password when making the URL request ?

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Stone Preston
Stone Preston
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Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

depends on the API generally. A lot of rails APIs use token authentication. Is the API a public API with documentation? If so can you link it?