---
title: "Basic Authentication and Environment Variables"
description: "Learn about Basic Authentication and how to easily implement Basic Authentication in your API using Zuplo"
canonicalUrl: "https://zuplo.com/blog/2022/03/21/basic-authentication-and-environment-variables"
pageType: "blog"
date: "2022-03-21"
authors: "josh"
tags: "API Authentication, Tutorial"
image: "https://zuplo.com/og?text=Basic%20Authentication%20and%20Environment%20Variables"
---
:::caution

The content of this video is outdated. A new Environment Editor is available.
You can read more about the
[changes in the documentation](/docs/articles/environment-variables).

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Length: 2 minutes

Here we introduce the Basic Authentication policy and combine it with our secure
environment settings capability.