DenchAuthType

What Is This Enum?

A string enum that selects the authentication scheme prefix used in the Authorization header by auth(token, type).

When type is omitted, DenchAuthType.BEARER is used. ETC uses the provided token directly as the Header value without adding a prefix.

Values

Name	Value	Description
ETC	'ETC'	Uses the token directly without adding a prefix.
BASIC	'Basic'	Uses the Basic authentication prefix.
BEARER	'Bearer'	Uses the Bearer token authentication prefix. This is the default.
DIGEST	'Digest'	Uses the Digest authentication prefix.
NEGOTIATE	'Negotiate'	Uses the Negotiate authentication prefix.
AWS4_HMAC_SHA256	'AWS4-HMAC-SHA256'	Uses the AWS Signature Version 4 authentication prefix.
API_KEY	'ApiKey'	Uses the ApiKey authentication prefix.
TOKEN	'Token'	Uses the Token authentication prefix.
HMAC	'HMAC'	Uses the HMAC authentication prefix.

Example

import { dench, DenchAuthType } from 'dench-fetch';

const response = await dench('https://api.example.com')
  .get('/secure')
  .auth('encoded-credentials', DenchAuthType.BASIC)
  .toResponse();

// Authorization: Basic encoded-credentials