diff --git a/src/bin/basic_auth.rs b/src/bin/basic_auth.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f955d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/basic_auth.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use error_chain::error_chain;
+use reqwest::blocking::Client;
+
+error_chain! {
+    foreign_links {
+        Io(std::io::Error);
+        HttpError(reqwest::Error);
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let user = String::from("testuser");
+    let passwd = Option::<String>::None;
+    let url = format!("https://httpbin.org/get");
+    let response = client.get(&url).basic_auth(user, passwd).send()?;
+    println!("{:?}", response);
+    Ok(())
+}