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 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;

/**
 * A simple example that uses HttpClient to perform a GET using Basic
 * Authentication. Can be run standalone without parameters.
 *
 * You need to have JSSE on your classpath for JDK prior to 1.4
 *
 * @author Michael Becke
 */
public class BasicAuthenticationExample {

    /**
     * Constructor for BasicAuthenticatonExample.
     */
    public BasicAuthenticationExample() {
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

        // pass our credentials to HttpClient, they will only be used for
        // authenticating to servers with realm "realm", to authenticate agains
        // an arbitrary realm change this to null.
        client.getState().setCredentials(
            "realm",
            "www.verisign.com",
            new UsernamePasswordCredentials("username", "password")
        );

        // create a GET method that reads a file over HTTPS, we're assuming
        // that this file requires basic authentication using the realm above.
        GetMethod get = new GetMethod("https://www.verisign.com/products/index.html");

        // Tell the GET method to automatically handle authentication. The
        // method will use any appropriate credentials to handle basic
        // authentication requests.  Setting this value to false will cause
        // any request for authentication to return with a status of 401.
        // It will then be up to the client to handle the authentication.
        get.setDoAuthentication( true );

        // execute the GET
        int status = client.executeMethod( get );

        // print the status and response
        System.out.println(status + "\n" + get.getResponseBodyAsString());

        // release any connection resources used by the method
        get.releaseConnection();
    }
}
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