c: Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: proxy-basic
Help: Use Basic authentication on the proxy
See-also: proxy proxy-anyauth proxy-digest
Category: proxy auth
Example: --proxy-basic --proxy-user user:passwd -x proxy $URL
Added: 7.12.0
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Tells curl to use HTTP Basic authentication when communicating with the given
proxy. Use --basic for enabling HTTP Basic with a remote host. Basic is the
default authentication method curl uses with proxies.
