Could always try SSL with the UN/PW in the URL [1].
[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2716990/http-basic-authentication-credentials-passed-in-url-and-encryption -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Deepak MS [mailto:megharajdee...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:26 AM To: users@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: HTTP Basic Authentication for URLRequest Any help on this please? I still haven't found any solution for this. I keep getting username\password prompt on the simulator. ;( On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Deepak MS <megharajdee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to download a file from the server which requires basic > authentication(need to enter user name and password to access). > > I came across these links: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/509219/flex-3-how-to-support-http-authentication-urlrequest > > http://johncblandii.com/2011/07/flex-quick-tip-urlrequest-basic-auth.html > > http://blog.derraab.com/2010/02/25/urlrequest-with-http-authentication/ > > Tried all of it. I either get IO error or I get windows authentication > popup window when I run the mobile app on my desktop. > > None of it seem to work. I'm using Flex4.14\AIR16. > > Screenshot: > http://pbrd.co/18wmsZK > > > Code that I have been trying: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <s:View xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"; > xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" title="Contact" > > <s:layout> > <s:VerticalLayout/> > </s:layout> > <fx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import mx.events.FlexEvent; > import mx.utils.Base64Encoder; > > private var remoteURLStreamer:URLStream= new URLStream(); > > private var pathRemote:String = ' > http://myserver.com/datafiles/myfile.zip'; > > private function startRemoteFileDownload():void > { > URLRequestDefaults.setLoginCredentialsForHost(' > www.myserver.com','myusername','mypassword'); // not working > remoteURLStreamer.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, > remoteURLStreamerProgressHandler); > remoteURLStreamer.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, > remoteURLStreamerIOErrorHandler); > > remoteURLStreamer.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, > remoteURLStreamerSecurityErrorHandler); > > var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(pathRemote); > > req.method = URLRequestMethod.POST; > > req.data = new URLVariables("name=John+Doe"); //(one post > suggests to pass dummy parameters to data) not working > > var encoder:Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder(); > encoder.insertNewLines = true; > encoder.encode("myusername:mypassword"); > > > var credsHeader:URLRequestHeader = new > URLRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + encoder.toString()); //not > working > req.requestHeaders.push(credsHeader); > remoteURLStreamer.load(req); > > } > > private function > remoteURLStreamerProgressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void > { > > switch (event.type) > { > case "progress": > lb.text = event.bytesLoaded.toString(); > break; > } > } > > > > private function > remoteURLStreamerIOErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void > { > lb.text = 'IOError'; > } > > private function > remoteURLStreamerSecurityErrorHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent):void > { > lb.text = 'SecurityError'; > } > > > protected function button1_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void > { > startRemoteFileDownload(); > } > > ]]> > </fx:Script> > > <s:Button label="hello" click="button1_clickHandler(event)"/> > <s:Label id="lb" text="Hello"/> > </s:View> > > > > Can you kindly let me know if there is something going wrong here? Or is > there any other way to make it work? > >
