Both GitHub and GitLab have killed http basic auth https://docs.github.com/en/rest/authentication/authenticating-to-the-rest-api?apiVersion=2022-11-28#authentic

Both GitHub and GitLab have killed http basic auth https://docs.github.com/en/rest/authentication/authenticating-to-the-rest-api?apiVersion=2022-11-28#authenticating-with-username-and-password https://docs.github.com/en/rest/authentication/authenticatin... https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/git/troubleshooting_git.html#error-on-git-fetch-http-basic-access-denied https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/git/troubleshooting_git.ht... That's not to say one couldn't still do what you're describing via other headers, I'm just saying "<input name=username><input name=password>" won't get it done