add helper to generate basic auth credentials.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/net/hippie.rb b/lib/net/hippie.rb
index 11d0b73..b872654 100644
--- a/lib/net/hippie.rb
+++ b/lib/net/hippie.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require 'base64'
 require 'json'
 require 'logger'
 require 'net/http'
@@ -20,5 +21,9 @@ module Net
     def self.logger=(logger)
       @logger = logger
     end
+
+    def self.basic_auth(username, password)
+      "Basic #{::Base64.strict_encode64("#{username}:#{password}")}"
+    end
   end
 end