.. _-extractCredentials-java-:
extractCredentials
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Description
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Extracts the potentially present ``HttpCredentials`` provided with the request's ``Authorization`` header,
which can be then used to implement some custom authentication or authorization logic.
See :ref:`credentials-and-timing-attacks-java` for details about verifying the secret.
Example
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.. includecode:: ../../../../code/docs/http/javadsl/server/directives/SecurityDirectivesExamplesTest.java#extractCredentials