Apache HttpClient (4.1 and newer): how to do basic authentication?

Question

How do I add basic authentication for the default client of the httpClient library? I have seen examples where they use client.getCredentialProvider(), however I th

Answer 1

CredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
credentialsProvider.setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, 
    new UsernamePasswordCredentials("username", "password"));
CloseableHttpClient httpClient = 
    HttpClientBuilder.create().setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider).build();