request basic auth

index.js

var request = require('request');

// The `auth` object will take precedence
// over the `Authorization` header
var options = {
  url: 'http://requestb.in/1jt9nmk1',
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Basic 1234'
  },
  auth: {
    username: 'user',
    password: 'pass'
  }
};

request(options, function(error, response, body) {
  if (!error) {
    console.log(body);
  }
});

response

HEADERS

Host: requestb.in
X-Request-Id: b6f8fcac-f463-41fc-ab6d-b404f1b5beef
Authorization: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz
Via: 1.1 vegur
Connection: close
Total-Route-Time: 0
Connect-Time: 0