From: daemon <daemon@...>
Date: 2003-03-30T01:06:45+09:00
Subject: Re: http and basic authentication

Not sure if this helps, but I use this sample code for HTTP
Authentication... 

require "net/http"
require "base64"

my_id  = me
my_pwd = password
auth   = "Basic " + encode64( "#{my_id}:#{my_pwd}" )

url    = "/some.login.required.html"
site   = www.somesite.com
port   = 80

req = Net::HTTP.new( site, port )
req.get( url, 'Authorization' => auth ) do |r|
  # do something with "r"
end


- Daemon

Damphyr <damphyr@freemail.gr> wrote in
news:3E837EA1.3020007@freemail.gr: 

> Hi everyone.
> I'm quite new to Ruby and I'm not exactly familiar with the mailing 
> lists and everything so scream if I'm abusing the list.
> I have a problem with Net::HTTP and it's use of headers (well, it
> might be that the problem is in protocol.rb or that the problem is
> just me and my grasp of programming, we'll see).
> The problem:
> I want to access a site (which is provided by the firmware on my DSL 
> router) that requires basic authentication.
> 
> The environment:
> ruby 1.6.8-8 on W2K
> 
> I use the following code
> 
> http_connection = Net::HTTP.new('target').start()
> headers ={}
> headers['Authorization'] = 'Basic '+ ["id:pass"].pack('m').strip
> begin
>      resp, data = http_connection.get("/", headers)
> #rescue
>           
> end
> 
> and I get the following errors
> 
> f:/devlab/ruby/lib/ruby/1.6/net/protocol.rb:221:in `error!': 401 
> "Authorization Required" (Net::ProtoFatalError)
>      from f:/devlab/ruby/lib/ruby/1.6/net/http.rb:1217:in `value'
>      from f:/devlab/ruby/lib/ruby/1.6/net/http.rb:605:in `get'
> 
> Snooping on my network traffic I see the headers in a Continuation 
> message so I am sending them, just not correctly :).
> Shouldn't a 401 response produce a Net::ProtoRetriableError ?
> Can anybody help me get past this?
> Thanks,
> V.-
> 
> 
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