PowerShell HTTP Request with Basic Auth

Basic-WebRequest.ps1

$user = 'user'
$pass = 'pass'
$uri = '<url>'

$pair = "$($user):$($pass)"

$encodedCreds = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($pair))

$basicAuthValue = "Basic $encodedCreds"

$Headers = @{
    Authorization = $basicAuthValue;
    Accept = 'application/json'
}

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -Headers $Headers