How to provide username password when using Restful api in java?

Question

I have created basic authentication for a spring boot application which requires username and password.

Using it from browser works fine, with a popup asking for password

But how do I use it in a java application?(preferably using jackson 2 but other tools are fine). Searching online only shows about web based login pages.

Answer 1

You need to set-up Authorization header to contain username and password in a proper Base64 encoded format to the http request you're making from the java application. Read section client side from this page for details