From dec578bf91986f2e54b35a20cf2af4dab2a39e3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ucsurf <337280806+ucsurf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 19:53:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: handle a missing Authorization header in README
 examples

---
 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84b476d..e024f38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Pass a Basic auth header to the `parse()` method. If parsing fails
 
 ```js
 const { parse } = require('basic-auth');
-const user = parse(req.headers.authorization);
+const user = parse(req.headers.authorization ?? '');
 // => { name: 'something', pass: 'whatever' }
 ```
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const compare = require('tsscmp');
 
 // Create server
 const server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
-  const credentials = parse(req.headers.authorization);
+  const credentials = parse(req.headers.authorization ?? '');
 
   // Check credentials
   // The "check" function will typically be against your user store

From 7fc82f77591636158d69aaa72896029a30f9fe07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ucsurf <337280806+ucsurf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 20:54:40 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: apply review suggestion for Proxy-Authorization
 example

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e024f38..974c0a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ A header string from any other location can also be parsed for example a `Proxy-
 
 ```js
 const { parse } = require('basic-auth');
-const user = parse(req.getHeader('Proxy-Authorization'));
+const user = parse(req.getHeader('Proxy-Authorization') ?? '');
 ```
 
 A credentials object can be formatted with `auth.format` as