add Authorization support for HTTP client

Author: Links2004

cores/esp8266/core_esp8266_features.h

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 
 #define CORE_HAS_LIBB64
+#define CORE_HAS_BASE64_CLASS
 
 
 #endif

libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.cpp

@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@
 #include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
 #include <WiFiClientSecure.h>
 #include <StreamString.h>
+#include <base64.h>
 
 #include "ESP8266HTTPClient.h"
 
+
 /**
  * constractor
  */
@@ -219,6 +221,20 @@ void HTTPClient::setUserAgent(const char * userAgent) {
     _userAgent = userAgent;
 }
 
+/**
+ * set the Authorizatio for the http request
+ * @param user const char *
+ * @param password const char *
+ */
+void HTTPClient::setAuthorization(const char * user, const char * password) {
+    if(user && password) {
+        String auth = user;
+        auth += ":";
+        auth += password;
+        _base64Authorization = base64::encode(auth);
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * send a GET request
  * @return http code
@@ -490,7 +506,7 @@ String HTTPClient::errorToString(int error) {
 void HTTPClient::addHeader(const String& name, const String& value, bool first) {
 
     // not allow set of Header handled by code
-    if(!name.equalsIgnoreCase("Connection") && !name.equalsIgnoreCase("User-Agent") && !name.equalsIgnoreCase("Host")) {
+    if(!name.equalsIgnoreCase("Connection") && !name.equalsIgnoreCase("User-Agent") && !name.equalsIgnoreCase("Host") && !(_base64Authorization.length() && name.equalsIgnoreCase("Authorization"))) {
         String headerLine = name;
         headerLine += ": ";
         headerLine += value;
@@ -622,7 +638,13 @@ bool HTTPClient::sendHeader(const char * type) {
     } else {
         header += "close";
     }
-    header += "\r\n" + _Headers + "\r\n";
+    header += "\r\n";
+
+    if(_base64Authorization.length()) {
+        header += "Authorization: Basic " + _base64Authorization + "\r\n";
+    }
+
+    header += _Headers + "\r\n";
 
     return (_tcp->write(header.c_str(), header.length()) == header.length());
 }

libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.h

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef ESP8266HTTPClient_H_
 #define ESP8266HTTPClient_H_
 
-//#define DEBUG_HTTPCLIENT(...) Serial1.printf( __VA_ARGS__ )
+#define DEBUG_HTTPCLIENT(...) Serial1.printf( __VA_ARGS__ )
 
 #ifndef DEBUG_HTTPCLIENT
 #define DEBUG_HTTPCLIENT(...)
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ class HTTPClient {
 
         void setReuse(bool reuse); /// keep-alive
         void setUserAgent(const char * userAgent);
+        void setAuthorization(const char * user, const char * password);
 
         /// request handling
         int GET();
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ class HTTPClient {
 
         String _Headers;
         String _userAgent;
+        String _base64Authorization;
 
         /// Response handling
         RequestArgument* _currentHeaders;