API Authentication (basic or x-header)

[lmangani]

PR adds support for #5

• X-API-Key header: 'yoursecrettoken`
• Basic Authentication header: username:password

Usage

Basic Auth

SELECT httpserve_start('localhost', 9999, 'your_api_key_or_user:pass');

curl -X POST -d "SELECT 'hello', version()" "http://user:pass@localhost:9999/"

Token Auth

SELECT httpserve_start('localhost', 9999, 'supersecretkey');

curl -X POST --header "X-API-Key: supersecretkey" -d "SELECT 'hello', version()" "http://localhost:9999/"

[lmangani]

Hey @carlopi just looking for expert opinion.... Do we think the auth parameter should be mandatory or an optional := param?