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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