Need Help with curl basic auth: How Do I Pass Credentials Correctly?

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Hey! I had this exact issue last week. Turns out, the API I was using had a rate limit, and after a few failed attempts, it started returning 401 even with correct credentials. Maybe give it a few minutes and try again?

Also, for curl basic auth, you can use `--anyauth` to let curl figure out the best auth method. Sometimes it helps:

```
curl --anyauth -u username:password https://example.com
```

If your password has special chars, try wrapping it in single quotes. Let me know if that works!

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