Monitoring Authentication

[Todd Freese]

What is the best way to monitor whether a replication to SG authenticated or not? The replicator status codes don't have a code for authentication error.

I am using NSURLCredential with CBL on iOS.

Todd

[Jens Alfke]

> On Aug 29, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Todd Freese <to...@filmworkers.com> wrote:
>
> What is the best way to monitor whether a replication to SG authenticated or not? The replicator status codes don't have a code for authentication error.

The status will report an error and the lastError property will be set to an NSError with code 401 (Unauthorized).

—Jens

[Todd Freese]

I'm getting the error in status, but lastError is always null. This was working before I started using credentials. If I switch back to putting the username and password in the URL, I get the correct 401 error in lastError.

Todd

[Jens Alfke]

On Aug 29, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Todd Freese <to...@filmworkers.com> wrote:

I'm getting the error in status, but lastError is always null. This was working before I started using credentials. If I switch back to putting the username and password in the URL, I get the correct 401 error in lastError.

By "using credentials" what do you mean, exactly?

If the replication status says there's an error but the lastError property is nil, that's a bug; could you file a bug report, please? And if possible, turn on SyncVerbose logging and upload the log to a gist.

—Jens

[Todd Freese]

My credential, I mean I am passing an NSURLCreditial into the replicator.

    _pull = [self.database createPullReplication:[NSURL URLWithString:cblSyncURL]];

    _pull.credential = credential;

    

    _push = [self.database createPushReplication:[NSURL URLWithString:cblSyncURL]];

    _push.credential = credential;

Looks like it is a bug as it is reproducible. And if I don't use an NSURLCredential and instead pass the username and password in the URL, it works fine.

I will file a bug.

Todd

[Todd Freese]

I created a bug report in the repo:

https://github.com/couchbase/couchbase-lite-ios/issues/437