lib/httpx/plugins/basic_authentication.rb in httpx-0.2.0 vs lib/httpx/plugins/basic_authentication.rb in httpx-0.2.1

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
         klass.plugin(:authentication)
       end
 
       module InstanceMethods
         def basic_authentication(user, password)
-          authentication("Basic #{Base64.strict_encode64("#{user}:#{password}")}")
+          authentication("Basic #{Base64.strict_encode64("#{URI.escape(user)}:#{URI.escape(password)}")}")
         end
         alias_method :basic_auth, :basic_authentication
       end
     end
     register_plugin :basic_authentication, BasicAuthentication