How to add a request interceptor to a feign client? : <p>I want every time when I make a request through feign client, to set a specific header with my authenticated user. </p>

<p>This is my filter from which I get the authentication and set it to the spring security context:</p>

<pre><code>@EnableEurekaClient
@SpringBootApplication
@EnableFeignClients
public class PerformanceApplication {
    @Bean
    public Filter requestDetailsFilter() {
        return new RequestDetailsFilter();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(PerformanceApplication.class, args);
    }

    private class RequestDetailsFilter implements Filter {
        @Override
        public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {

        }

        @Override
        public void doFilter(ServletRequest servletRequest, ServletResponse servletResponse, FilterChain filterChain) throws IOException, ServletException {
            String userName = ((HttpServletRequest)servletRequest).getHeader("Z-User-Details");
            String pass = ((HttpServletRequest)servletRequest).getHeader("X-User-Details");
            if (pass != null)
                pass = decrypt(pass);
            SecurityContext secure = new SecurityContextImpl();
            org.springframework.security.core.Authentication token = new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(userName, pass);
            secure. setAuthentication(token);
            SecurityContextHolder.setContext(secure);
            filterChain.doFilter(servletRequest, servletResponse);
        }

        @Override
        public void destroy() {

        }
    }
    private String decrypt(String str) {
        try {
            Cipher dcipher = new NullCipher();

            // Decode base64 to get bytes
            byte[] dec = new sun.misc.BASE64Decoder().decodeBuffer(str);

            // Decrypt
            byte[] utf8 = dcipher.doFinal(dec);

            // Decode using utf-8
            return new String(utf8, "UTF8");
        } catch (javax.crypto.BadPaddingException e) {
        } catch (IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
        }
        return null;
    }
}
</code></pre>

<p>This is my feign client:</p>

<pre><code>@FeignClient("holiday-client")
public interface EmailClient {
    @RequestMapping(value = "/api/email/send", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    void sendEmail(@RequestBody Email email);
}
</code></pre>

<p>And here I have a request interceptor:</p>

<pre><code>@Component
public class FeignRequestInterceptor implements RequestInterceptor {
    private String headerValue;

    public FeignRequestInterceptor() {
    }

    public FeignRequestInterceptor(String username, String password) {
        this(username, password, ISO_8859_1);
    }

    public FeignRequestInterceptor(String username, String password, Charset charset) {
        checkNotNull(username, "username");
        checkNotNull(password, "password");
        this.headerValue = "Basic " + base64encode((username + ":" + password).getBytes(charset));
    }

    private static String base64encode(byte[] bytes) {
        BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
        return encoder.encode(bytes);
    }

    @Override
    public void apply(RequestTemplate requestTemplate) {
        requestTemplate.header("Authorization", headerValue);
    }
}
</code></pre>

<p>I don't know how to configure this interceptor to my client and how to set the header with the username and password. How can I accomplish that ?</p>
