From 3af020f19915430f0d8fef20c5d92df5dfe8305e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michalis Kargakis Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 14:33:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Provide link to basic auth wiki --- doc/api/api.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/api/api.md b/doc/api/api.md index 0f3f3f729..0e5d9e06c 100644 --- a/doc/api/api.md +++ b/doc/api/api.md @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ This document contains the documentation for the 3 Grin REST APIs. These endpoin ## Node API This endpoint is used to query a node about various information on the blockchain, networks and peers. By default, this REST API will listen on `localhost:13413`. This API is started as the same time as the Grin node. -This endpoint requires, by default, Basic Authentication. The username is `grin` and the password can be found in the `.api_secret` file. -To learn about what specific calls can be made read the [node API doc](node_api.md).` +This endpoint requires, by default, [Basic Authentication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication). The username is `grin` and the password can be found in the `.api_secret` file. +To learn about what specific calls can be made read the [node API doc](node_api.md). ## Wallet APIs