apache httpclient doesn't set basic authentication credentials

Question

Have a look at the following code:

DefaultHttpClient http = new DefaultHttpClient();
            http.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(
                        new AuthScope(AuthScope.ANY_HOST, AuthScope.ANY_PORT), 
                        new UsernamePasswordCredentials( 
                                                Configuration.username, 
                                                Configuration.developerKey ) );

            HttpPost post = new HttpPost(strURL);
            StringEntity entity = new StringEntity( ac.toXMLString() );
            entity.setContentType("text/xml");
            post.setEntity( entity );
            org.apache.http.HttpResponse response = http.execute( post );

It produces no errors. However a response from the server I get "No Authorization header". Checking the request with Wireshark unveils that there is indeed no basic authentication set.

How is that possible?

do your other headers get set? for instance is your Content-Type set to text/xml? — zidsal
– zidsal, Commented Aug 7, 2013 at 16:38
Yes, besides the authentication stuff everything seems to be proper. — toom
– toom, Commented Aug 7, 2013 at 16:40

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:14:43Z

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Okay, by default the basic authentication is turned off. However, enabling it is far too complicated (link) . Therefore one can use this code, which works fine:

DefaultHttpClient http = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(strURL);
UsernamePasswordCredentials creds = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(
                    Configuration.username, 
                    Configuration.developerKey);
post.addHeader( BasicScheme.authenticate(creds,"US-ASCII",false) );
StringEntity entity = new StringEntity( ac.toXMLString() );
entity.setContentType("text/xml");
post.setEntity( entity );
org.apache.http.HttpResponse response = http.execute( post );

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:14

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answered Aug 7, 2013 at 16:52

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2 Comments

Jason Crosby Over a year ago

can you tell me what ac is referring to when you call ac.toXMLString()?

toom Over a year ago

ac is an object of a custom class I've written and the toXMLString() is a method that I implemented myself (like toString()). The results is an xml string for an http API. Since this is the POST's request payload this can be any arbitrary text and is not directly related to the question.

pajaja · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13 11:37:22Z

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User of credential provider

HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
CredentialsProvider provider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
UsernamePasswordCredentials credentials = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(apiUser,apiPassword);
provider.setCredentials(new AuthScope(apiHost, apiPort, AuthScope.ANY_REALM), credentials);     
HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory commons = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(client);

edited Jan 13, 2015 at 11:37

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answered Jan 13, 2015 at 11:00

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