# Testing HTTP Basic AuthenticationWhile it has always been possible to authenticate with HTTP Basic, it was a bit tedious to remember the header name, format, and encode the values.Now this can be done using Spring Security’s `httpBasic`[`RequestPostProcessor`](request-post-processors.html).For example, the snippet below:Java```mvc .perform(get("/").with(httpBasic("user","password")))```Kotlin```mvc.get("/") { with(httpBasic("user","password"))}```will attempt to use HTTP Basic to authenticate a user with the username "user" and the password "password" by ensuring the following header is populated on the HTTP Request:```Authorization: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNzd29yZA==```[Mocking Form Login](form-login.html)[Mocking OAuth2](oauth2.html)