diff --git a/bluemix/configuration/core_config/bx_config.go b/bluemix/configuration/core_config/bx_config.go
index 907740f..40b3d36 100644
--- a/bluemix/configuration/core_config/bx_config.go
+++ b/bluemix/configuration/core_config/bx_config.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ type BXConfigData struct {
 	Trace                       string
 	ColorEnabled                string
 	HTTPTimeout                 int
+	TypeOfSSO                   string
 	CLIInfoEndpoint             string // overwrite the cli info endpoint
 	CheckCLIVersionDisabled     bool
 	UsageStatsDisabled          bool // deprecated: use UsageStatsEnabled
@@ -412,6 +413,13 @@ func (c *bxConfig) ColorEnabled() (enabled string) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (c *bxConfig) TypeOfSSO() (style string) {
+	c.read(func() {
+		style = c.data.TypeOfSSO
+	})
+	return
+}
+
 func (c *bxConfig) HTTPTimeout() (timeout int) {
 	c.read(func() {
 		timeout = c.data.HTTPTimeout
@@ -639,6 +647,12 @@ func (c *bxConfig) SetHTTPTimeout(timeout int) {
 	})
 }
 
+func (c *bxConfig) SetTypeOfSSO(style string) {
+	c.write(func() {
+		c.data.TypeOfSSO = style
+	})
+}
+
 func (c *bxConfig) SetCheckCLIVersionDisabled(disabled bool) {
 	c.write(func() {
 		c.data.CheckCLIVersionDisabled = disabled
diff --git a/bluemix/configuration/core_config/repository.go b/bluemix/configuration/core_config/repository.go
index 8c035e6..dd9d502 100644
--- a/bluemix/configuration/core_config/repository.go
+++ b/bluemix/configuration/core_config/repository.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type Repository interface {
 	PluginRepos() []models.PluginRepo
 	PluginRepo(string) (models.PluginRepo, bool)
 	IsSSLDisabled() bool
+	TypeOfSSO() string
 	HTTPTimeout() int
 	CLIInfoEndpoint() string
 	CheckCLIVersionDisabled() bool
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ type Repository interface {
 	SetPluginRepo(models.PluginRepo)
 	UnsetPluginRepo(string)
 	SetSSLDisabled(bool)
+	SetTypeOfSSO(string)
 	SetHTTPTimeout(int)
 	// SetUsageSatsDisabled disable or enable usage statistics data collection
 	// Deprecated: use SetUsageSatsEnabled instead
diff --git a/bluemix/version.go b/bluemix/version.go
index 0c17f77..74497e4 100644
--- a/bluemix/version.go
+++ b/bluemix/version.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package bluemix
 import "fmt"
 
 // Version is the SDK version
-var Version = VersionType{Major: 1, Minor: 2, Build: 0}
+var Version = VersionType{Major: 1, Minor: 3, Build: 0}
 
 // VersionType describe version info
 type VersionType struct {
diff --git a/common/rest/request.go b/common/rest/request.go
index f1badd9..cd37ab6 100644
--- a/common/rest/request.go
+++ b/common/rest/request.go
@@ -1,44 +1,45 @@
 // Request examples:
-//   // create a simple GET request
-//   req := GetRequest("http://www.example.com")
 //
-//   // set header
-//   req.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+//	// create a simple GET request
+//	req := GetRequest("http://www.example.com")
 //
-//   // set query parameters
-//   req.Query("foo1", "bar1")
-//   req.Query("foo2", "bar2")
+//	// set header
+//	req.Set("Accept", "application/json")
 //
-//   // Build to a HTTP request
-//   req.Build()
+//	// set query parameters
+//	req.Query("foo1", "bar1")
+//	req.Query("foo2", "bar2")
 //
-//   // method chaining is also supported
-//   // the above is equal to:
-//   GetRequest("http://www.example.com").
-//       Set("Accept", "application/json").
-//       Query("foo1", "bar1").
-//       Query("foo2", "bar2").
-//       Build()
+//	// Build to a HTTP request
+//	req.Build()
 //
-//   // struct body
-//   foo = Foo{Bar: "val"}
-//   PostRequest("http://www.example.com").
-//       Body(foo)
+//	// method chaining is also supported
+//	// the above is equal to:
+//	GetRequest("http://www.example.com").
+//	    Set("Accept", "application/json").
+//	    Query("foo1", "bar1").
+//	    Query("foo2", "bar2").
+//	    Build()
 //
-//   // String body
-//   PostRequest("http://www.example.com").
-//       Body("{\"bar\": \"val\"}")
+//	// struct body
+//	foo = Foo{Bar: "val"}
+//	PostRequest("http://www.example.com").
+//	    Body(foo)
 //
-//   // Stream body
-//   PostRequest("http://www.example.com").
-//       Body(strings.NewReader("abcde"))
+//	// String body
+//	PostRequest("http://www.example.com").
+//	    Body("{\"bar\": \"val\"}")
 //
-//   // Multipart POST request
-//   var f *os.File
-//   PostRequest("http://www.example.com").
-//       Field("foo", "bar").
-//       File("file1", File{Name: f.Name(), Content: f}).
-//       File("file2", File{Name: "1.txt", Content: []byte("abcde"), Type: "text/plain"})
+//	// Stream body
+//	PostRequest("http://www.example.com").
+//	    Body(strings.NewReader("abcde"))
+//
+//	// Multipart POST request
+//	var f *os.File
+//	PostRequest("http://www.example.com").
+//	    Field("foo", "bar").
+//	    File("file1", File{Name: f.Name(), Content: f}).
+//	    File("file2", File{Name: "1.txt", Content: []byte("abcde"), Type: "text/plain"})
 package rest
 
 import (
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ type Request struct {
 	queryParams url.Values
 	formParams  url.Values
 
+	basicAuthn *BasicAuthInfo
+
 	// files to upload
 	files map[string][]File
 
@@ -86,6 +89,11 @@ type Request struct {
 	body interface{}
 }
 
+type BasicAuthInfo struct {
+	user string
+	pass string
+}
+
 // NewRequest creates a new request with a given rawUrl.
 func NewRequest(rawUrl string) *Request {
 	return &Request{
@@ -165,6 +173,14 @@ func (r *Request) Set(key string, value string) *Request {
 	return r
 }
 
+func (r *Request) SetBasicAuth(user string, pass string) *Request {
+	r.basicAuthn = &BasicAuthInfo{
+		user: user,
+		pass: pass,
+	}
+	return r
+}
+
 // Query appends the key, value pair to the request query which will be
 // encoded as url query parameters on HTTP request's url.
 func (r *Request) Query(key string, value string) *Request {
@@ -210,6 +226,10 @@ func (r *Request) Build() (*http.Request, error) {
 		return req, err
 	}
 
+	if r.basicAuthn != nil {
+		req.SetBasicAuth(r.basicAuthn.user, r.basicAuthn.pass)
+	}
+
 	for k, vs := range r.header {
 		for _, v := range vs {
 			req.Header.Add(k, v)