if wininet can't do basic auth, is it web2py's fault ?!?!?! curl is available also on windows :-P and it's pretty much the de-facto reference. if it works with curl but not with wininet, it's wininet fault.
as for digest auth, no, web2py doesn't support it out of the box. On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 1:06:20 AM UTC+1, Dave S wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 12:39:27 PM UTC-8, Dave S wrote: >> >> I'm trying to use Basic Auth with my restful service; see >> <URL: >> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/10/services#Access-Control) >> for my starting point, although I'm doing a post. >> > > > Also, does Web2Py support Digest auth? > <URL:http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt> > > /dps > > >> >> curl --request POST -TransferEncoding C:\dir1\test1.txt --user >> us...@servery.com:pwd1 http://ww.zz.uu.39/uploader/default/shove/upstuff/ >> <http://52.34.144.39/uploader/default/shove/uploadf/ServicesAPI.log> >> test1.txt >> >> This works fine from the command line (centos or Win7, as long as curl is >> installed). >> >> And I successfully used this with libcurl in my Windows test client (" >> us...@servery.com <javascript:>" --> "user%40servery.com"). Tcpdump on >> the server shows the u/p fields moved to an "Authorization:" header (Basic). >> >> When I try this from WinINet functions, the u/p stuff in the URL is >> stripped but no "Authorization:" header is added. Setting the u/p in >> *InternetConnect()* seems to be ignored. As a result, I get back a 303 >> redirecting to the login page. (I'm using shake-the-box Rocket server for >> prototyping, though I plan to move to nginx later.) >> This MS page suggests that WinINet is expecting a 401, although it isn't >> clear that applies to Basic Auth or just challenge-response authentication. >> <URL: >> https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384220%28v=vs.85%29.aspx >> > >> >> Some StackOverflow hits suggest that I need to prepare the Basic Auth >> header myself and use the* lpszHeaders* parameter of* HttpSendRequest()*. >> Is that my only choice, or am I missing something? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dave >> /dps >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
