On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 14:47 -0700, Gregory Chanan wrote: > Hi Oleg, > > Thanks, that makes sense. Any equivalent for httpclient 4.2.5? I use both > 4.2.5 and 4.3.3. >
Unfortunately 4.2 APIs do not provide an equivalent method. Oleg > Thanks, > Greg > > > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:10 AM, Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2014-05-13 at 17:05 -0700, Gregory Chanan wrote: > > > I'm using httpclient (4.3.3) in my application with SPNEGO/Kerberos Auth > > > and everything works well when a GET is the first request to a remote > > > host. This is consistent with > > > > > http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/tutorial/html/authentication.html#spnegowhich > > > only discusses SPNEGO with GET. > > > > > > I run into problems in my application if POST is the first request; there > > > are a couple of different given the SPNEGO negotiation. What I've done > > is > > > address this at the application level: if a POST is being requested, I > > > first generate a GET in order to trigger the SPNEGO negotiation, then > > send > > > the POST. > > > > > > There are a couple of downsides to this approach, though: > > > 1) It's inefficient because I send the GET each time a POST request is > > > made, not once per connection. > > > 2) I have to change the application code everywhere httpclient requests > > are > > > made > > > > > > Anyone have a suggestion for how to address this? I was thinking of > > > implementing by own HttpClientConnectionManager that overrides "connect" > > > and sends the GET after the connection is established. That way I > > address > > > 1) because I only send the GET once per connection and 2) I can get rid > > of > > > the changes in my application code and just use normal HttpClients. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Gregory, > > > > It is a reasonable approach. However, you should overrride > > #routeComplete method instead of #connect. This will enable you to > > interact with the connection immediately after its route has been fully > > established. Otherwise, your connection manager would not work correctly > > with tunneled connections (for instance, https requests via a proxy). > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Oleg > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
