Re: Credentials sent via Apache HttpClient not getting retrieved by Restlet Custom Guard classes

[Thierry Boileau]

Surjendu,

I send you a simple Client and Server class both coded with the Restlet 
framework.
The client sends a file to the server providing a login/password.
The server prints login, password and file content.
I hope it will help you.

regards,
Thierry Boileau

This is my client call using Apache HttpClient Library

public static void addAttachment(String pageId) throws Exception {

                HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
                MultipartPostMethod mPost = new 
MultipartPostMethod(getPageUri(pageId));
                client.setConnectionTimeout(8000);
                File f = new File("C:\\input.txt");
                System.out.println("File Length" + f.length());
                mPost.addParameter(f.getName(), f);

                Credentials defaultcreds = new 
UsernamePasswordCredentials("xxx",
                                "xxx");
                client.getState().setCredentials(
                                new AuthScope("host", port, 
AuthScope.ANY_REALM),
                                defaultcreds);
                mPost.setDoAuthentication(true);
                client.executeMethod(mPost);
                String response = mPost.getResponseBodyAsString();
                System.out.println(response);
                mPost.releaseConnection();

        }

In the server the following lines give null:

String identifier = request.getChallengeResponse().getIdentifier();
                String credentials = 
request.getChallengeResponse().getCredentials();

Why is this so? Why no identifier and credentials.


  

import org.restlet.Client;
import org.restlet.data.ChallengeResponse;
import org.restlet.data.ChallengeScheme;
import org.restlet.data.MediaType;
import org.restlet.data.Method;
import org.restlet.data.Protocol;
import org.restlet.data.Request;
import org.restlet.data.Response;
import org.restlet.resource.FileRepresentation;
import org.restlet.resource.Representation;

public class SendFileClient {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Client client = new Client(Protocol.HTTP);

        Request request = new Request(Method.POST, "http://localhost:8182/";);
        Representation representation = new FileRepresentation(
                "d:\\temp\\essai.txt", MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
        request.setEntity(representation);
        ChallengeResponse challengeResponse = new ChallengeResponse(
                ChallengeScheme.HTTP_BASIC, "login", "password");
        request.setChallengeResponse(challengeResponse);

        Response response = client.handle(request);
        System.out.println(response.getStatus());

    }
}
import java.io.IOException;

import org.restlet.Component;
import org.restlet.Restlet;
import org.restlet.data.Protocol;
import org.restlet.data.Request;
import org.restlet.data.Response;

public class SendFileServer {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Component component = new Component();
        component.getServers().add(Protocol.HTTP, 8182);

        Restlet restlet = new Restlet(component.getContext()) {

            @Override
            public void handle(Request request, Response response) {
                // Prints the login
                System.out.println(request.getChallengeResponse()
                        .getIdentifier());
                // Prints the password
                System.out.println(request.getChallengeResponse()
                        .getSecret());
                try {
                    request.getEntity().write(System.out);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        };

        component.getDefaultHost().attachDefault(restlet);

        component.start();
    }
}