credentials handling

[Omar]

Hi,

I'm working with HttpClient to access a REST oriented webservice
backend. Secure services use credentials, and they respond with "401
Authorization Required" when I don't provide them. Do you guys have
any clue how I can do that with this API.

Thanks in advance
Omar

[gabe]

Currently the API doesn't have any authentication support built in..

If the authentication is basic you can do it manually with the API,
with an Authorization header:

For example,
Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication

If it is digest its a little more complex, but is doable:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digest_access_authentication