On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 13:09 +0100, Benjamin Pasero wrote: > Hi, > > I am using HttpClient 3.0 and have a problem with preemptive > authentication and redirects. > > The scenario is as follows: > > 1. I create a GetMethod with a certain URI, lets say www.foo.com which > redirects to bar.foo.com > that requires authentication. > > 2. I lookup a registry with stored credentials for this URI and find > Username + Password > > 3. I call HttpClient.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(true); > > 4. I create AuthScope and Credentials, asking the GetMethod for Host, > Port and Realm. For Host > I am getting "www.foo.com". > > 5. I call HttpClient.getState().setCredentials(authScope, userPwCreds); > > 6. I call getMethod.setDoAuthentication(true); > > Now, I execute the GetMethod and it gets redirected to "bar.foo.com". > Thereby the AuthScope > I created preemptively with "www.foo.com" is no longer valid. I get an > 401 error, although > the credentials are correct, just the host is not. > > Is there a workaround for avoiding this problem? I tried to supply > ANY_HOST as value for > the AuthScope but get the exception that NULL is not allowed (though the > API tells me > that I can supply ANY_HOST if I want to). >
Try the following auth scope HttpClient.getState().setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, userPwCreds); if it does not help, post a complete wire/context log of the HTTP session to this list. Oleg > Thanks for helping, > Ben > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
