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Re: httplib with NETRC authentication

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Date 2014-05-14 10:11 +1000
Subject Re: httplib with NETRC authentication
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.9984.1400026287.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:33 AM, pratibha natani <en.pratibha@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to establish http connection to a gerrit host using netrc authentication. I have a netrc file created with following entries:
> machine host1.com login name password pass
>
> I did a debug and saw that my netrc file is being read correctly. Also in the connection object(after sending request) a header got created with appropriate credentials:
>  'headers': {'Authorization': 'Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ='}
>
> Still I get 401,Unauthorized in response. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The obvious question is: What *does* work? Does it work when you use
wget, or some other application? Then go and look at what that sends
for its authentication headers. Tip: It won't be "Authorization".

ChrisA

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httplib with NETRC authentication pratibha natani <en.pratibha@gmail.com> - 2014-05-13 16:33 -0700
  Re: httplib with NETRC authentication Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-14 10:11 +1000
  Re: httplib with NETRC authentication Akira Li <4kir4.1i@gmail.com> - 2014-05-14 19:44 +0400
  Re: httplib with NETRC authentication Akira Li <4kir4.1i@gmail.com> - 2014-05-14 20:47 +0400
  Re: httplib with NETRC authentication Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-15 03:03 +1000

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