Connecting by basic authentication

You can connect a Web resource client to a Web resource that is supported in the basic authentication.

This section describes the implementation required to connect by basic authentication.

Organization of this section: (1) Implementation required to connect by basic authentication

To access a Web resource by basic authentication, implement a process that adds the required HTTP headers. An implementation example when using client APIs for RESTful Web Services is as follows.

// The user ID and password for basic authentication
String username = ...
String password = ...
// Generates Client objects
Client client = Client.create();
// Generate an HTTP request having the Authorization HTTP header
// and post to the Web resource
client.resource( "http://example.org/helloworld" )
.header( HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION,
"Basic " + encode(username + ":" + password))
.post( String.class, "Some Request" );
...
String encode( String value ){
String encoded;
// Encode the value parameter by using the Base64 algorithm value
// and set the result in the encoded parameter
...
return encoded;
}

13.6 Connecting by basic authentication

(1) Implementation required to connect by basic authentication