Thank you. This explains a lot. I had seen posts on how to do this but nowhere did I stumble on the info you provided. Specifically, that 9.0.115.0 was a version that blocks the Authorization header regardless of what you do. Guess what version I've been running? So, I will update to a more recent version and give this a try.
Unfortunately while this will work for some basic auth protected systems I have to figure out what to do about network devices I'm connecting to that can't have any crossdomain file added to them. For those I may just end up setting up a proxy using something like mod_proxy. I will post the results after I try this out. -Bill --- In [email protected], "nathanpdaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Add the request headers (as in the code), where userService is an > HTTPService, baseUrl is the page you need to be authorized to use, > and auth is the username:password (I'm assuming - I got this example > from here: > http://geekzguru.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/howto-add-basic- > authentication-header-to-httpservice/ > > Also check the Adobe TechNote here: > http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do? > externalId=kb403184&sliceId=2 > > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.utils.Base64Encoder; > import mx.controls.Alert; > > private var baseUrl:String > = "http://phprestsql.sourceforge.net/tutorial/user";; > private var auth:String = "p126371rw:demo"; > > private function init():void{ > var encoder : Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder(); > encoder.encode(auth); > userService.headers["Authorization"] = "Basic " + > encoder.toString(); > deleteUser(); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > > Please not - I googled for this and found everything above - I've > never tried it - so I have no clue if it actually works... :D > > > > --- In [email protected], "wdsnapper" <wdsnapper@> wrote: > > > > Anyone out there understand how to get Flex working with a simple > Basic Auth protected > > REST API? If not is there a fundamental reason why this does not > work in Flex? It seems > > like such a core basic (no pun intended) piece of functionality for > a Flex app to hook up to > > an existing XML based service to provide a new view. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "wdsnapper" <wdsnapper@> wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to access a basic auth protected site from Flex and > not having any success. I > > see > > > that you can no longer add the "Authorization" header as you > could over a year ago. > > > > > > The setCredentials and setRemoteCredentials methods in the > HTTPService class seem > > like > > > they should do the trick but I've had no luck with them. > > > > > > Does someone out there have a pointer to a functional example > showing how to use > > Basic > > > Auth from Flex? I've seen a lot of posts in this forum but have > been unable to find a > > solution. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > >
