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+'use strict'
+
+const fastify = require('fastify')()
+const crypto = require('crypto')
+const authenticate = { realm: 'Westeros' }
+
+const validUsername = 'Tyrion'
+const validPassword = 'wine'
+
+fastify.register(require('..'), { validate, authenticate })
+
+// perform constant-time comparison to prevent timing attacks
+function compare (a, b) {
+  a = Buffer.from(a)
+  b = Buffer.from(b)
+  if (a.length !== b.length) {
+    // Delay return with cryptographically secure timing check.
+    crypto.timingSafeEqual(a, a)
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return crypto.timingSafeEqual(a, b)
+}
+
+// `this` inside validate is `fastify`
+function validate (username, password, req, reply, done) {
+  let result = true
+  result = compare(username, validUsername) && result
+  result = compare(password, validPassword) && result
+  if (result) {
+    done()
+  } else {
+    done(new Error('Winter is coming'))
+  }
+}
+
+fastify.after(() => {
+  fastify.addHook('onRequest', fastify.basicAuth)
+
+  fastify.get('/', (req, reply) => {
+    reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
+  })
+})
+
+const basicAuthCredentials = Buffer.from(`${validUsername}:${validPassword}`).toString('base64')
+console.log(`curl -H "authorization: Basic ${basicAuthCredentials}" http://localhost:3000`)
+fastify.listen({ port: 3000 })