With "digest" I get: "[experr:HC0004] Invalid authentication method: digest."
-- Tim A. Thompson Metadata Librarian Yale University Library On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 11:52 AM Christian Grün <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it should still be supported. I assume it doesn't make a difference > if you use "Digest" or "digest"? > > > > Tim Thompson <[email protected]> schrieb am Mi., 2. Feb. 2022, 17:48: > >> Thanks, Christian. Right, that wasn't a working example. The server I'm >> querying is behind a firewall, so I can't really reproduce the issue >> unfortunately. >> >> The BaseX documentation states that the HTTP client does support Digest >> authentication. However, I did some poking around using Wireshark and >> limited knowledge of network traffic. When I run the request in curl, the >> expected protocol is played out, and I see the evidence in Wireshark: >> >> (1) The server responds with "401 Unauthorized" and provides the nonce >> value. >> (2) The client (curl) then does its business (supplies the username and >> password, resends the request, etc.) >> >> But when I submit the request via BaseX, it never gets past step (1). It >> never seems to send the username and password at all. Is Digest >> authentication still supported? >> >> Best, >> Tim >> >> >> -- >> Tim A. Thompson >> Metadata Librarian >> Yale University Library >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 10:13 AM Christian Grün <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tim, >>> >>> Difficult to tell; both the curl and the XQuery variants give me 404. >>> Do you think you could provide us with an example that works out of >>> the box? >>> >>> Best, >>> Christian >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 12:54 AM Tim Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hello, >>> > >>> > I'm trying to post a SPARQL query to an endpoint using Digest >>> authentication with the HTTP client. >>> > >>> > The query works fine using curl: >>> > >>> > curl --digest --user user:pass -X POST -d@'test.rq' \ >>> > -H "Content-type: application/sparql-query" \ >>> > 'http://example.org/sparql' >>> > >>> > But the equivalent request in BaseX fails with 401 Unauthorized: >>> > >>> > let $endpoint := "http://example.org/sparql"; >>> > let $user := "user" >>> > let $pass := "pass" >>> > let $type := "application/sparql-query" >>> > >>> > let $response := ( >>> > http:send-request( >>> > <http:request >>> > method="POST" >>> > href="{$endpoint}" >>> > username="{$user}" >>> > password="{$pass}" >>> > auth-method="Digest" >>> > send-authorization="true"> >>> > <http:header >>> > name="Content-Type" >>> > value="{$type}; charset=utf-8"/> >>> > <http:body >>> > media-type="{$type}">{ >>> > ``[ >>> > select * where {?s ?p ?o} limit 1 >>> > ]`` >>> > }</http:body> >>> > </http:request> >>> > ) >>> > ) >>> > return >>> > $response >>> > >>> > Any ideas about what might be causing the BaseX HTTP client to be >>> denied here? >>> > >>> > Thanks in advance, >>> > Tim >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Tim A. Thompson >>> > Metadata Librarian >>> > Yale University Library >>> > >>> >>
