title: HTTP basic authentication over SSL for REST API
body: <p>I am new to the concept of RESTful API's.</p>
  <p>I am designing a RESTful API for an online store.</p>
  <p>I have not properly understood the concept of basic HTTP authentication over SSL.</p>
  <p>Does it mean that for every request the user will have to enter his/her username and password again?</p>
  <p>Can somebody explain in detail how it functions and how it is meant to be used?</p>