What would be the alternative to fix "Access forbidden 404" on my test site while using basic_authentication module for rest resource?

Question

Background: I had http authentication enabled by htaccess on my test site. I had created REST resource using Drupal 8 core REST web services modules and views. When i used authentication as basic_auth than on Test site got access forbidden 404 for each page request. Uninstall basic_authentication make it work but i want basic_authentication should work for my test site. What would be the better alternative for this?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can send in the user and password parameters with your API call.

user:password@http://site-url.tld

this way you can still communicate with the app whilst keeping it behind basic auth