nickva commented on a change in pull request #666:
URL:
https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/pull/666#discussion_r646919697
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File path: src/replication/replicator.rst
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@@ -696,3 +728,71 @@ The syntax for a selector is the same as the
Using a selector is significantly more efficient than using a JavaScript
filter function, and is the recommended option if filtering on document
attributes only.
+
+Specifying Usernames and Passwords
+===================================
+
+There are multiple ways to specify usernames and passwords for replication
endpoints:
+
+ - In an ``{"auth": {"basic": ...}}`` object:
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.2.0
+
+ .. code-block:: javascript
+
+ {
+ "target": {
+ "url": "http://someurl.com/mydb";,
+ "auth": {
+ "basic": {
+ "username": "$username",
+ "password": "$password"
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ ...
+ }
+
+ This is the prefererred format as it allows including characters like
``@``, ``:``
+ and others in the username and password fields.
+
+ - In the userinfo part of the endpoint URL. This allows for a more compact
Review comment:
Good idea
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