Thanks very much, Oleg - that was a great help. The host name (not realm) was the major problem. Also I hadn't realized that links in the web site that explained authorization were only available for the older version. Will these be updated at some stage to v4?
Cheers John -----Original Message----- From: Oleg Kalnichevski [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 March 2009 12:31 To: HttpClient User Discussion Subject: Re: Help with basic authentication John Watson wrote: > I'm a new user of Http Client 4.0 (beta 2) and I'm struggling with BASIC > authentication. I'm attempting to follow the authentication sample > using (simply): > > > > httpclient.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials( > > new AuthScope(realm, port), > > new UsernamePasswordCredentials(userName, password)); > > > > Firstly, I can't seem to set pre-emptive authentication using as a guide > the sample from http://hc.apache.org/httpclient-3.x/authentication.html > - I can't seem to find the method > client.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(...); > Preemptive authentication in HttpClient 4.0 works completely differently compared to 3.x. Here's a sample application showing how HttpClient can be customized to authenticate preemptively using BASIC scheme http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/httpclie nt/src/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientPreemptiveBasicAut hentication.java > Secondly, from inspecting the logs issued by the client, it appears that > the authorization request header that I'd expect to see is not there. > Most likely the auth scope is wrong --- new AuthScope(realm, port) --- The fist argument is hostname, not realm Hope this helps Oleg > I'm obviously missing something obvious, but for the life of me, can't > find what it is. Any help gratefully accepted. > > John Watson > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > Satellite Information Services Limited. Registered Office: 17 Corsham Street, London, N1 6DR. Company No. 4243307 > The information in this email (which includes any files transmitted with it) is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. Unauthorized recipients are required to maintain confidentiality. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately, destroy any copies and delete it from your computer system. > ********************************************************************** > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
