Submitted feature request 7234<http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=7234> .
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 12:21:52 AM UTC-6, Tommy Knowlton wrote: > > As part of my app engine app, I'm trying to implement a WebDAV server so > that users can interact with my app's blobstore using their native desktop > file browser (i.e., Mac Finder.app and Windows Explorer.exe). > > WebDAV clients, per RFC 4918, authenticate (if at all) via HTTP Digest > authentication, and I can see that I could implement this authentication > method in my app only if I forego my preference for Google accounts in my > app. As it is, when delegating authentication to Google accounts, > Finder.app (as WebDAV client) can't correctly process the HTML > authentication form that is presented on the initial request. > > It would be really great for my use case if some means could be added, > maybe in the app.yaml handlers section, to configure HTTP Digest > authentication for a chosen request path. It seems to me that the same > mechanism that is currently available, that checks for a session cookie and > issues the redirect to the Google account login form could instead supply > the HTTP Digest nonce and challenge, along with the 401 status response to > the initial unauthenticated request. > > I suspect there are other use cases that would benefit by an HTTP Digest > authentication option, and I'm curious to know if there are other > developers who want this, and what's the likelihood AppEngine will > eventually incorporate such an option? > > Even better would be if someone could explain how I can already do this > using existing support in AppEngine :) > > Thanks, > Tommy K > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/s_35RNU9-Y4J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
