func (r *Request) SetBasicAuth(username, password string) {
   507		s := username + ":" + password
   508		r.Header.Set("Authorization", "Basic "+base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(s)))
   509	}

//This is in the standard lib, printed it for you.  I then call this on the daemon end.

username, password := decode(request.Header.Get("Authorization"))

//which calls this next function

func decode(tmpAuth string) (username string, password string) {
     tmpAuthArray := strings.Split(tmpAuth, " ")

     authValues , error := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(tmpAuthArray[1])
     printError("ERROR: Failed to decode encoded auth settings in allocate list request.", error)

     authValuesArray := strings.Split(string(authValues), ":")
     username = authValuesArray[0]
     password = authValuesArray[1]

     return
}