'use strict'; require('../common'); var assert = require('assert'); var http = require('http'); var url = require('url'); function check(request) { // the correct authorization header is be passed assert.strictEqual(request.headers.authorization, 'Basic dXNlcjpwYXNzOg=='); } var server = http.createServer(function(request, response) { // run the check function check.call(this, request, response); response.writeHead(200, {}); response.end('ok'); server.close(); }); server.listen(0, function() { const port = this.address().port; // username = "user", password = "pass:" var testURL = url.parse(`http://user:pass%3A@localhost:${port}`); // make the request http.request(testURL).end(); });