The core of HTTP authentication is the following (you have to put the authentication
into the HTTP header):
import httplib
h=httplib.HTTP()
h.putheader("AUTHORIZATION", "Basic %s" % string.replace(
encodestring("%s:%s" % (self.username, self.password)),
"\012", ""))
there is a xmlrpc howto where you find a detailed description:
http://www.zope.org/Members/Amos/XML-RPC
good luck
phil
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On 06.10.2000 at 14:22 Hung Jung Lu wrote:
Hi,
Where can I find out more information on HTTP user authentication? I have
seen the RFC before, but it's a bit too technical to follow. I think Python
does not include the authentication/cookie handling part probably because
out of concern about abuses. :)
Does anyone know where I can find more info on the authentication and cookie
protocol stuff? Is there any Python module already written to handle these
things?
The idea is to be able to fetch external webpages automatically using
Python, including providing the necessary auth and cookie info. Of course
this opens up a whole can of security worms, but heck, it's open information
and someone must already have written something in Python already.
regards,
Hung Jung
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