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Use Basic Authentication

Basic authentication use an old HTTP method with rely on HTTP protocol. Since it's still supported, most services use more modern authentication approach like API key or bearer token.

To authentication using Basic authentication, you'll have to provide your username and password

caution

Even if fields are named username and password, some providers generate specific values for these (with, for example, a generated username and an empty password).

Example with Twilio:

Example Basic auth