How to provide credentials to Ankr when calling the API with Web3.js HttpProvider?

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I am trying to get access to Ankr API address, which is like:

https://apis.ankr.com/XXXX/YYYY/full/main

When accessing this link by the browser I can introduce the credentials I created on Ankr panel control and I can pass successfully. However now I am trying to do this with Web3.js on Node:

var options = {
    headers: [
        {
            name: 'Authorization',
            value: 'Basic myUsername:myPassword',
        },],};

const web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('https://apis.ankr.com/XXXX/YYYY/full/main', options))

And I receive a 401 Unauthorized error response. I assume that my credentials are right because I could access them by the link on the browser, but not when passing in the header they seem not work. What is wrong in the code or what lacking of?

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2 Answers

You need to pass the base64 of the myUsername:myPassword, not the actual plaintext.

// base64 encoded
value: 'Basic ' + Buffer.from('myUsername:myPassword').toString('base64'),

See the MDN docs for more info.

user_16931920

The problem is that the credentials had to be hashed somehow.

I do not know if this is the most suitable solution, but I finally solved this by visiting the address on my browser (https://apis.ankr.com/XXXX/YYYY/full/main), opened dev tools on Chrome, and log in introducing my credentials.

Then I got the hashed credential sent on the request by checking the HEADER of my request (on Chrome, this is done in Network>therequest>Request Headers>authorization). I just copy/pasted this hashed credential on the js code and it worked!

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