A guide on how to monitor websites protected by HTTP basic authentication using Oh Dear. The approach involves extracting the Authorization header from browser DevTools (Network tab) after logging in, then adding that header value to Oh Dear's custom HTTP headers settings. Once configured, Oh Dear automatically includes the Authorization header in all uptime and broken links checks.
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What is HTTP basic authentication? #Monitoring sites with HTTP basic authentication #Add this header to Oh Dear's site settings #41 Impressions