# actix-web-httpauth > HTTP authentication schemes for [actix-web](https://github.com/actix/actix-web). [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/actix-web-httpauth)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-web-httpauth) [![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web-httpauth/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/actix-web-httpauth) [![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web-httpauth/0.5.0/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web-httpauth/0.5.0) ![Apache 2.0 or MIT licensed](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/actix-web-httpauth) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/actix/actix-web](https://badges.gitter.im/actix/actix-web.svg)](https://gitter.im/actix/actix-web?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) ## Features - Typed [Authorization] and [WWW-Authenticate] headers - [Extractors] for authorization headers - [Middleware] for easier authorization checking All supported schemas can be used in both middleware and request handlers. ## Supported Schemes - [HTTP Basic](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617) - [OAuth Bearer](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6750) [Authorization]: https://docs.rs/actix-web-httpauth/*/actix_web_httpauth/headers/authorization/index.html [WWW-Authenticate]: https://docs.rs/actix-web-httpauth/*/actix_web_httpauth/headers/www_authenticate/index.html [Extractors]: https://actix.rs/docs/extractors/ [Middleware]: https://docs.rs/actix-web-httpauth/*/actix_web_httpauth/middleware/index.html