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Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 10:11:23 +1000
Subject: Re: httplib with NETRC authentication
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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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