IOException while trying to access an URL with BasicAuthentication

Question

Well, that's it.
The piece of code is this:
URL url = new URL("http://user:pass@server/somepage.xml");
url.openStream()The code works fine if I use any other URL without BasicAuthentication.
Is there any tutorial or help on how I should handle this?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi mateamargo,
To access resources protected by HTTP basic authentication, you need to use java.net.Authenticator. Two steps. First you extends java.net.Authenticator, such as:
    class MyAuthenticator extends Authenticator {
        public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication () {
            return new PasswordAuthentication ("user", "pass".toCharArray());
    }then tell JDK's HTTP module to use it:
    MyAuthenticator authinstance = ...
    Authenticator.setDefault (authinstance);And you should be all set. For more details, please check:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/net/http-auth.html
Regards,
Edward