Re: [TCLUG-DEVEL:300] User Auth in Java

[Perry Hoekstra <dutchman@uswest.net>]

Bob Tanner wrote:
> 
> Quoting Perry Hoekstra (dutchman@uswest.net):
> > Greet the sun all:
> >
> > Quick question, has anybody worked with user authentication within the
> > context of the URLConnection/HttpURLConnection classes?
> >
> 
> Yes, under Tomcat.
> 
> With Tomcat 3.2dev there is a big ol'bug.
> 
> What is the specific question.

I am trying to get the following chunk of code to work but I get a
connection refused error:

	URL t_serverURL = new URL("http://www.somewhere.com/invoke");
	        
	HttpURLConnection t_urlConnection =
(HttpURLConnection)t_serverURL.openConnection();
	t_urlConnection.setRequestProperty("CONTENT-TYPE",
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

	String t_userLogin = "username" + ":" + "password";
	String t_authEncoding = new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode
(t_userLogin.getBytes());
			
	t_urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " +
t_authEncoding);
				
	t_urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
	t_urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);

	PrintWriter t_postOutputStream = new
PrintWriter(t_urlConnection.getOutputStream());

	StringBuffer t_stringBuffer = new StringBuffer(MESSAGE_KEY);
	t_stringBuffer.append("=");
	t_stringBuffer.append(java.net.URLEncoder.encode("Hello World"));
			
	t_postOutputStream.println(t_stringBuffer.toString());

	t_postOutputStream.close();

	InputStream t_inputStream = t_urlConnection.getInputStream();

	if (t_inputStream != null) {
		BufferedReader t_bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(t_inputStream));

		String t_nextLine = null;

		t_nextLine = t_bufferedReader.readLine();
	
		while (t_nextLine != null) {
			t_nextLine = t_bufferedReader.readLine();
		}
			
		System.out.println("  Sent message ...");
	}
	else {
		System.out.println("  Could not retrieve an InputStream from the
connection");

		System.exit(-1);
	}

I am trying to figure out if it is my stuff or WebMethods.

-- 
Perry Hoekstra
E-Commerce Architect
Talent Software Services
dutchman@mn.uswest.net