title: Is there a REST client for the ESP8266 that works with authentication?
body: <p>I have a RESTful API that I want to get a value from:</p>
  
  <pre><code>192.168.1.50/rest/vars/get/1/12
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which should returns some JSON.  The problem is this API requires authentication.  I've been able to use this <a href="https://github.com/DaKaZ/esp8266-restclient" rel="nofollow noreferrer">client</a> which I can do basic gets however it doesn't appear to work with authentication.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried using the same client with:</p>
  
  <pre><code>username:password@192.168.1.50/rest/vars/get/1/12
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but that doesn't work.  Are there any other clients available?</p>
  
  <p>ETA:  I should note that <code>username:password@192.168.1.50/rest/vars/get/1/12</code> does work when called from an incognito browser, so it should be possible to make the call from the ESP8266.</p>