Node JS POST method with authorization - api

Question

I can't find anything in the docs on exactly how to do this.
http://nodejs.org/api.html#request-method-149
I need to make a Node js POST with authorization something similar to this in ruby:
url = URI.parse('http://www.example.com/todo.cgi')
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)
req.basic_auth 'jack', 'pass'
I am trying to essentially do this:
var client = http.createClient(80, 'http://api.foo.com');
var rq = client.request('POST', '/path/',
{
'authorization' : [account, password]
'key': value,
etc....
}

Answer 1

Just encode the string account:password in base64 using a Buffer and set it has header with the key Authorization, prefixed with the word Basic.

Answer 2

Here's an example for us more ignorant (Improvements can be made!). Works for twitter's streaming API. Listen for response and then data, as per usual when making requests.
var hackClient = http.createClient(80, 'stream.twitter.com');
var request = hackClient.request("GET", '/1/statuses/filter.json?'+querystring.stringify(params),{
"Host":"stream.twitter.com",
"Authorization":"Basic " + new Buffer('user' + ":" + 'pass').toString('base64'),
"User-Agent": "Twitter-Node"
});
request.on('response', function(response) {
response.on('data', function(chunk) {
stream.receive(chunk); //example usage, no stream object in this example exists
});
response.on('error', function(error) {
stream.emit('error', error); //again, for example
});
response.on('end', function () {
stream.emit('end');
});
});
request.on('error', function(error) {
stream.emit('error', error);
});