How to set basic auth username and password in Moya?

Question

I've retrieved the username and password from a UITextField and now I want to set the username and password to every request Moya performs with basic auth.

How do I do this?

Answer 1

The documentation that covers Basic Authentication is here

Here are the required parts you need

HTTP auth is a username/password challenge built into the HTTP protocol itself. If you need to use HTTP auth, you can provide a CredentialsPlugin when initializing your provider.

let provider = MoyaProvider<YourAPI>(plugins: [CredentialsPlugin { _ -> URLCredential? in
    return URLCredential(user: "user", password: "passwd", persistence: .none)
  }
])

This specific examples shows a use of HTTP that authenticates every request, which is usually not necessary. This might be a better idea:

let provider = MoyaProvider<YourAPI>(plugins: [CredentialsPlugin { target -> URLCredential? in
    switch target {
      case .targetThatNeedsAuthentication:
        return URLCredential(user: "user", password: "passwd", persistence: .none)
      default:
        return nil
    }
  }
])