Struggling with curl authorization basic? How do I properly authenticate using Basic Auth in curl?

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Hey! Quick tip: sometimes the server expects the `Authorization: Basic` header to be exactly formatted. If you’re manually encoding, make sure there’s no extra spaces or newlines in the base64 string.

Also, check if the API requires HTTPS. Some APIs reject plain HTTP requests, even if the curl authorization basic part is correct.

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