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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();
}
}
