# Header

<h2>
	Sending basic auth credentials using cURL PHP
</h2>
<p>
	An example is provided below:
</p>
<code>
    <pre>
        $username = 'PjID8u5VOCfJk3iYKzTMo7emstRLnEp9';
        $password = 'xgEWspuItV7A2D6miwZFk94dTrBLSKQO';

        $curl = curl_init('https://CHANGE-THIS.chargeover.com/api/v3/teapot');

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ':' . $password);

        curl_exec($curl);
        curl_close($curl);
    </pre>
</code>