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+# webRequest.onAuthRequired
+
+This sample demonstrates the `webRequest.onAuthRequired` listener to detect an authentication request and log the user into the designated site.
+
+## Overview
+
+When an authentication check is detected, a check is made to confirm that the request has come from the correct source. Account credentials are then provided for the response via an auth handler.
diff --git a/api-samples/webRequest/http-auth/manifest.json b/api-samples/webRequest/http-auth/manifest.json
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+{
+  "name": "webRequest.onAuthRequired Demo",
+  "version": "1.0",
+  "manifest_version": 3,
+  "background": {
+    "service_worker": "service-worker.js"
+  },
+  "permissions": [
+    "webRequest",
+    "webRequestAuthProvider"
+  ],
+  "host_permissions": [
+    "https://httpbin.org/*"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/api-samples/webRequest/http-auth/service-worker.js b/api-samples/webRequest/http-auth/service-worker.js
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+// Copyright 2023 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Provides credentials when an HTTP Basic Auth request is received.
+chrome.webRequest.onAuthRequired.addListener(
+  (details, callback) => {
+    console.log('An authorization request has been detected');
+    if (details.url == 'https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/guest/guest') {
+      // Creating some credentials
+      const username = 'guest';
+      const password = 'guest';
+      // Creating an auth handler to use the credentials
+      const authCredentials = {
+        authCredentials: {
+          username: username,
+          password: password
+        }
+      };
+      callback(authCredentials);
+    }
+  },
+  { urls: ['https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/guest/guest'] },
+  ['asyncBlocking']
+);