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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: basic Help: Use HTTP Basic Authentication Protocols: HTTP Category: auth Added: 7.10.6 Multi: mutex See-also:

• proxy-basic Example:
• -u name:password --basic $URL

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--basic

Tells curl to use HTTP Basic authentication with the remote host. This is the default and this option is usually pointless, unless you use it to override a previously set option that sets a different authentication method (such as --ntlm, --digest, or --negotiate).

Used together with --user.