AFAIK, this is done by sending a NIP-42 ephemeral event. Regular HTTP auth DOES NOT WORK over nostr, because there is no server side to verify credentials. NIP-42 is how relays can dynamically authenticate client access.
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/42.md
ManiMe /
npub1ma…yn9tn
2024-09-07 19:03:12
in reply to nevent1q…myr3
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npub1manlnflyzyjhgh970t8mmngrdytcp3jrmaa66u846ggg7t20cgqqvyn9tnPublished at
2024-09-07 19:03:12Event JSON
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