diff --git a/commands/common.go b/commands/common.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package commands
+
+import (
+	b64 "encoding/base64"
+)
+
+func GenerateHeaders() []string {
+	username := GlobalConfig.Username
+	password := GlobalConfig.Password
+	sEnc := b64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(username + ":" + password))
+	headers := []string{"authorization: basic " + sEnc}
+	return headers
+}