Hi All! I started a new branch 'external-download' where the new external downloaded could be tested. At the moment the external downloader replaces the previous logic.
But there is an issue if we try to download some files that require authentication (Basic-Autentication) that is handles by webkit and worked with the webkit downloader. This authentication does not use the cookie file, instead the credentials are given with each request. A possible solution could be to give the credentials to the script too (they will be visible in process list). But I'm not sure if we can get the credentials out of webkit easily, and we don't know if the URL to be downloaded requires these authentication. 1. We could start the download in a new terminal window, so the script can ask the user for the credentials if those are required. This could fill the workspace with some ugly terminal windows. 2. A more difficult solution would be to check check response code or error messages or the external script if authentication is required. If this is the case we could ask the credentials through vimb and give them to the script. The credentials would also be visible in the process list, but we don't need to run the script in a dedicated terminal. I'm not sure how often a user would download something from a page that uses Basic-Authentication. The surf browser have the same problem, but nobody seems to be annoyed about this. So maybe this issue is it worth to bloat vimb and to spent to much time to solve it. Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ vimb-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vimb-users
