Flutter REST api call with Basic auth returns 401, despite correct credentials-CodePudding

I'm trying to call an api from flutter but i keep getting 401 Unauthorized. According to the api documentation it uses basic authentiocation and is UTF-8 encoded. The username and password is provided by the docs and if try the api in a web browser and enter those credentials it goes through and i recieve the data. This is the code i'm using in flutter:

  Future<void> requestData() async {
    String username = 'abc';
    String password = '123';
    String basicAuth = 'Basic '   base64Encode(utf8.encode('$username:$password'));
    Response r = await get(
        Uri.parse('http://api.example.com'),
        headers: {
          HttpHeaders.authorizationHeader: basicAuth,
        });
    print(r.body);
    print(r.statusCode);
  }

I've also tried this variation which gave the same result:

headers: <String, String>{
  'authorization': basicAuth
}

Seeing as the username and password are correct there must be something wrong with how i make the call, but i've tried to do it a bunch of different ways and nothing works. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

CodePudding user response：

As per my experience, there is no need of token or basic auth while doing login. And login is post method not get.

CodePudding user response：

Turns out the documentation i read was outdated/incorrect. The api uses "Digest authentication" which i looked up and was able to implement. This is the code if anyone is interested:

import 'package:http/http.dart';
import 'package:http_auth/http_auth.dart';

...

Response res = await DigestAuthClient("USERNAME", "PASSWORD")
      .get(Uri.parse("API_URL")).timeout(const Duration(seconds: 20));