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Basic auth parser
Last release 2 months ago
03 Aug 2026
Ships unpredictably
gaps range from 3 weeks to 7.9 years
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 10 of 10 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
13 years old
10 releases · first in 2013
This release switch the package to ESM.
This release switch the package to ESM.
Changed
format({ name, pass }) method #65Added
Removed
parse(str) #94
parse(req.headers.authorization ?? '') insteadImprovements
deps: safe-buffer@5.1.2
One column per quarter.
Drop support for Node.js below 0.8
auth(ctx) signature -- pass in header or auth(ctx.req)safe-buffer for improved Buffer APIAdd auth.parse for low-level string parsing
auth.parse for low-level string parsingImprove error message when req argument is not an object
req argument is not an objectreq missing headers propertyFix regression accepting a Koa context
Improve error message when req argument missing
req argument missingUpdate readme
- Support empty password - Support empty username
Initial release
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