Make Unauthenticated HTTP Request

Execute following command on your bash shell

$ curl http://localhost:8080

Expected Response:

{"message":"you are not logged in!!!"}

Authenticate for HTTP Request

Execute following command on your bash shell

$ curl -u user:password http://localhost:8080

where user is the username and password is the password.

Expected Response:

{"message":"you are logged in. current time is Tue Sep 19 20:03:49 EDT 2017"}