Proxy-Authorization
The "Proxy-Authorization" header field allows the client to identify itself (or its user) to a proxy that requires authentication. Its value consists of credentials containing the authentication information of the client for the proxy and/or realm of the resource being requested.
Writing requests (clients)
Reading requests (servers)
Overview table
- Name
- Proxy-Authorization
- Description
- Provides credentials authenticating the client to the proxy.
- Direction
- Request
- Specification
- RFC 7235: HTTP/1.1 Authentication ยง4.4. Proxy-Authorization
Syntax
Proxy-Authorization = credentials
challenge = auth-scheme [ 1*SP ( token68 / #auth-param ) ]
auth-scheme = token
auth-param = token BWS "=" BWS ( token / quoted-string )
token68 = 1*( ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." / "_" / "~" / "+" / "/" ) *"="
auth-scheme
is one of the registered values in the Authentication Scheme Registry.