From: saronpasu <js43pa@...>
Date: 2008-03-16T12:27:21+09:00
Subject: Re: WWW::Mechanize and basic_auth

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Hi Todd.

"WWW::Mechanize#auth" is not basic authentication method.
Please try again by using "WWW::Mechanize#basic_auth" for basic
authentication.

require 'mechanize'
agent = WWW::Mechanize.new
agent.basic_auth('foo', 'bar')
agent.get('http://192.168.20.10' <http://192.168.20.10%27/>)


2008/3/16, Todd A. Jacobs <tjacobs-sndr-019fdb@codegnome.org>:
>
> I'm trying to get basic authentication to work with Ruby 1.8 and
> WWW::Mechanize 0.7, and am having no luck:
>
>     require 'mechanize'
>     agent=WWW::Mechanize.new
>     agent.auth('foo', 'bar')
>     agent.get('http://192.168.20.10')
>
> I get the following error:
>
>     WWW::Mechanize::ResponseCodeError: 401 => Net::HTTPUnauthorized
>
> Yes, I'm using the correct username and password. I can log in properly
> via Firefox, just not with mechanize. How do I get basic authentication
> to work in this instance?
>
>
> --
> "Oh, look: rocks!"
>         -- Doctor Who, "Destiny of the Daleks"
>
>
>

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