[flexcoders] Basic Authorization in HTTPService without using Flex Data Services

[Jason]

The following mxml file attempts to connect to BaseCamp to retrieve a
list of Projects. The problem is how to specify the basic
authorization. I notice that setCredentials() does not work with
direct http connections (no proxying).

Any other ideas? (The username and passwords are all valid - I created
a new basecamp project for this testing).



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";>

        <mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" horizontalAlign="center"
verticalAlign="middle">
                
                <mx:Panel>
                        <mx:Form>
<!--                            <mx:FormItem label="Username:">
                                        <mx:TextInput id="txtUsername"/>
                                </mx:FormItem>
                                <mx:FormItem label="Password:">
                                        <mx:TextInput id="txtPassword" 
displayAsPassword="true"/>
                                </mx:FormItem>
                                <mx:FormItem label="Path:">
                                        <mx:TextInput id="txtPath"/>
                                </mx:FormItem> -->
                                <mx:FormItem>
                                        <mx:Button label="Login" 
click="getProjects()"/>
                                </mx:FormItem>
                        </mx:Form>
                        
                        <mx:TextArea width="100%" height="100" id="txtResults"/>
                        
                        
                </mx:Panel>

        </mx:VBox>

        <mx:HTTPService
                concurrency="single"
                contentType="application/xml"
        resultFormat="xml"
        makeObjectsBindable="true"
        id="feedRequest" 
        url="http://flexexample.projectpath.com/project/list";
        method="POST" 
        useProxy="false"
        fault="handleFault(event)"
        result="handleResult(event)">
        <mx:request>
                <request>
                </request>
        </mx:request>
    </mx:HTTPService>

        <mx:Script>
                <![CDATA[

                        import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
                        import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;

                        public function getProjects() : void {
                                // the username is flexexample
                                // the password is flexexample
                                feedRequest.headers = 
                                        {
                                                Authorization: "Basic 
ZmxleGV4YW1wbGU6ZmxleGV4YW1wbGU=",
                                                Accept: "application/xml"
                                        };
                                feedRequest.send();
                        }
                        
                        public function handleFault(event:FaultEvent) : void {
                                txtResults.text = "FAULT: " + event.toString();
                        }
                        
                        public function handleResult(event:ResultEvent) : void {
                                txtResults.text = "RESULT: " + 
event.result.toString();
                        }
                        
                ]]>
        </mx:Script>
        
</mx:Application>