Basic Authentication

Recipe	Crates	Categories
Perform a basic HTTP authentication

Perform a basic HTTP authentication

Uses reqwest::RequestBuilder::basic_auth to perform a basic HTTP authentication.

use std::fs::File;
use std::io::copy;

use anyhow::Result;
use tempfile::Builder;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let tmp_dir = Builder::new().prefix("example").tempdir()?;
    let target = "https://www.rust-lang.org/logos/rust-logo-512x512.png";
    let response = reqwest::get(target).await?;

    let mut dest = {
        let fname = response
            .url()
            .path_segments()
            .and_then(|segments| segments.last())
            .and_then(|name| if name.is_empty() { None } else { Some(name) })
            .unwrap_or("tmp.bin");

        println!("file to download: '{}'", fname);
        let fname = tmp_dir.path().join(fname);
        println!("will be located under: '{:?}'", fname);
        File::create(fname)?
    };
    let content = response.text().await?;
    copy(&mut content.as_bytes(), &mut dest)?;
    Ok(())
}