Oh wow! I did not realize this was through mobile. In my case I'm doing it all
through the desktop browser. I have not done this before in a mobile
environment.
Chris
> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:44:18 +0530
> Subject: Re: HTTP Basic Authentication for URLRequest
> From: megharajdee...@gmail.com
> To: users@flex.apache.org
>
> I'm trying it out on Flex mobile project(Flex 4.14 FP16 AIR16). Just to
> make your setup easy, you can copy following code in a view of a sample
> mobile project:
>
> remoteURLStreamer is of URLStream type.
>
> Meanwhile, I'm trying out as3httpclient lib which Om has suggested.
>
>
> <?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"); //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
>
> 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="Stack trace"/>
> </s:View>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Chris Martin <chrsm...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> > Looking over your code. I wanna attempt to reproduce it. What is the type
> > for remoteURLStreamer?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:45:43 +0530
> > > Subject: Re: HTTP Basic Authentication for URLRequest
> > > From: megharajdee...@gmail.com
> > > To: users@flex.apache.org
> > >
> > > Sorry, was away for sometime.
> > >
> > > I ran it through network monitor in FB.
> > > Screenshot: http://pasteboard.co/25kUwXgR.png
> > >
> > > Looks like header is not passed at all.
> > >
> > > Code:
> > > var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(pathRemote);
> > > req.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
> > > req.data = new URLVariables("name=John+Doe");
> > >
> > > var encoder:Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder();
> > > encoder.insertNewLines = true;
> > > encoder.encode("myusername:mypassword");
> > >
> > >
> > > var credsHeader:URLRequestHeader = new
> > > URLRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + encoder.toString());
> > > req.requestHeaders.push(credsHeader);
> > > remoteURLStreamer.load(req);
> > >
> > >
> > > I looked at the doc:
> > >
> > http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/URLRequestHeader.html
> > >
> > > It says:
> > > "In Flash Player and in Adobe AIR content outside of the application
> > > security sandbox, the following request headers cannot be used
> > > Accept-Charset, Accept-Encoding, Accept-Ranges, Age, Allow, Allowed,
> > > Authorization, Charge-To, Connect, Connection, Content-Length,
> > > Content-Location, Content-Range, Cookie, Date, Delete, ETag, Expect, Get,
> > > Head, Host, If-Modified-Since, Keep-Alive, Last-Modified, Location,
> > > Max-Forwards, Options, Origin, Post, Proxy-Authenticate,
> > Proxy-Authorization,
> > > Proxy-Connection, Public, Put, Range, Referer, Request-Range,
> > Retry-After,
> > > Server, TE, Trace, Trailer, Transfer-Encoding, Upgrade, URI, User-Agent,
> > > Vary, Via, Warning, WWW-Authenticate, x-flash-version."
> > >
> > > Why does header request cannot have 'Authorization' object? So how else
> > can
> > > we pass the header request?
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Chris Martin <chrsm...@outlook.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yeah, a network packet log would be a huge help. Then you can rule out
> > > > whether or not the Authorization header is present in your request or
> > not.
> > > > I use fiddler[1] all the time. Also it makes it easy to detect if
> > > > something else went wrong at the server side like your authentication
> > > > request failed with a 403 Forbidden response.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [1] http://www.telerik.com/fiddler
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sent from Windows Mail
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > From: Tom Chiverton
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 2:24 AM
> > > > To: users@flex.apache.org
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Do you have a network packet log ?
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > > On 24/03/15 04:25, Deepak MS wrote:
> > > > > 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?
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
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