diff --git a/influx/authorization.go b/influx/authorization.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f5b7f3e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/influx/authorization.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package influx
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	jwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
+	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf"
+)
+
+// Authorization adds optional authorization header to request
+type Authorization interface {
+	// Set may manipulate the request by adding the Authorization header
+	Set(req *http.Request) error
+}
+
+// NoAuthorization does not add any authorization headers
+type NoAuthorization struct{}
+
+// Set does not add authorization
+func (n *NoAuthorization) Set(req *http.Request) error { return nil }
+
+// DefaultAuthorization creates either a shared JWT builder, basic auth or Noop
+func DefaultAuthorization(src *chronograf.Source) Authorization {
+	// Optionally, add the shared secret JWT token creation
+	if src.Username != "" && src.SharedSecret != "" {
+		return &BearerJWT{
+			Username:     src.Username,
+			SharedSecret: src.SharedSecret,
+		}
+	} else if src.Username != "" && src.Password != "" {
+		return &BasicAuth{
+			Username: src.Username,
+			Password: src.Password,
+		}
+	}
+	return &NoAuthorization{}
+}
+
+// BasicAuth adds Authorization: Basic to the request header
+type BasicAuth struct {
+	Username string
+	Password string
+}
+
+// Set adds the basic auth headers to the request
+func (b *BasicAuth) Set(r *http.Request) error {
+	r.SetBasicAuth(b.Username, b.Password)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// BearerJWT is the default Bearer for InfluxDB
+type BearerJWT struct {
+	Username     string
+	SharedSecret string
+}
+
+// Set adds an Authorization Bearer to the request if has a shared secret
+func (b *BearerJWT) Set(r *http.Request) error {
+	if b.SharedSecret != "" && b.Username != "" {
+		token, err := b.Token(b.Username)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to create token")
+		}
+		r.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Token returns the expected InfluxDB JWT signed with the sharedSecret
+func (b *BearerJWT) Token(username string) (string, error) {
+	return JWT(username, b.SharedSecret, time.Now)
+}
+
+// Now returns the current time
+type Now func() time.Time
+
+// JWT returns a token string accepted by InfluxDB using the sharedSecret as an Authorization: Bearer header
+func JWT(username, sharedSecret string, now Now) (string, error) {
+	token := &jwt.Token{
+		Header: map[string]interface{}{
+			"typ": "JWT",
+			"alg": jwt.SigningMethodHS512.Alg(),
+		},
+		Claims: jwt.MapClaims{
+			"username": username,
+			"exp":      now().Add(time.Minute).Unix(),
+		},
+		Method: jwt.SigningMethodHS512,
+	}
+	return token.SignedString([]byte(sharedSecret))
+}
diff --git a/influx/jwt_test.go b/influx/authorization_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from influx/jwt_test.go
rename to influx/authorization_test.go
diff --git a/influx/jwt.go b/influx/jwt.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d89b21392..0000000000
--- a/influx/jwt.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package influx
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	jwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
-)
-
-// Bearer generates tokens for Authorization: Bearer
-type Bearer interface {
-	Token(username string) (string, error)
-}
-
-// BearerJWT is the default Bearer for InfluxDB
-type BearerJWT struct {
-	SharedSecret string
-}
-
-// Token returns the expected InfluxDB JWT signed with the sharedSecret
-func (b *BearerJWT) Token(username string) (string, error) {
-	return JWT(username, b.SharedSecret, time.Now)
-}
-
-// Now returns the current time
-type Now func() time.Time
-
-// JWT returns a token string accepted by InfluxDB using the sharedSecret as an Authorization: Bearer header
-func JWT(username, sharedSecret string, now Now) (string, error) {
-	token := &jwt.Token{
-		Header: map[string]interface{}{
-			"typ": "JWT",
-			"alg": jwt.SigningMethodHS512.Alg(),
-		},
-		Claims: jwt.MapClaims{
-			"username": username,
-			"exp":      now().Add(time.Minute).Unix(),
-		},
-		Method: jwt.SigningMethodHS512,
-	}
-	return token.SignedString([]byte(sharedSecret))
-}