# File lib/tweetstream/client.rb, line 466
    def auth_params
      case auth_method
      when :basic
        return :auth => "#{username}:#{password}"
      when :oauth
        return :oauth => {
          :consumer_key => consumer_key,
          :consumer_secret => consumer_secret,
          :access_key => oauth_token,
          :access_secret => oauth_token_secret
        }
      end
    end