Well, whenever I need to use auth I just use URLLoader. I use it to also download binary content as well. Never used URLStream with auth before.
Chris Sent from Windows Mail From: Deepak MS Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 8:47 AM To: users@flex.apache.org I reckon it doesn't matter much. I was trying same thing on web application as well. It's same situation there too. When I try to load the URL, a username\password windows pops up in the browser. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Chris Martin <chrsm...@outlook.com> wrote: > 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? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud > > > service. > > > > > > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > >
