unable to do basic authentication

[alee amin]

hi,
I am trying to send a request to my own website which is using basic
authentication method. But i am unable to to authenticate it through
httpclient

here is the code i am using

        HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
        HttpMethod httpGet = new GetMethod("
http://localhost:8080/project-web/Servlet";);

        httpClient.getState().setCredentials(
                new AuthScope("http://localhost:8080";, 443, "realm"),
                new UsernamePasswordCredentials("userName", "Password"));

        httpGet.setDoAuthentication(true);

        try{
            int status = httpClient.executeMethod(httpGet);
            byte[] response = httpGet.getResponseBody();
            System.out.println("status: " + status);
            System.out.println("response: " + new String(response));
        }
        catch (Exception ex){
        }

There is no exception that is being raised. I am getting the status code 401
with "responseBody" having text ... "this request require authentication".
Am i missing something?
..alee
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