binary-distribution/examples/org/apache/http/examples/client/ClientPreemptiveBasicAuthentication.java

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package org.apache.http.examples.client;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.auth.AuthScope;
import org.apache.http.auth.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
import org.apache.http.client.AuthCache;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.protocol.ClientContext;
import org.apache.http.impl.auth.BasicScheme;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicAuthCache;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

/**
 * An example of HttpClient can be customized to authenticate
 * preemptively using BASIC scheme.
 * <b/>
 * Generally, preemptive authentication can be considered less
 * secure than a response to an authentication challenge
 * and therefore discouraged.
 */
public class ClientPreemptiveBasicAuthentication {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        HttpHost targetHost = new HttpHost("localhost", 80, "http");

        DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        try {
            httpclient.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(
                    new AuthScope(targetHost.getHostName(), targetHost.getPort()),
                    new UsernamePasswordCredentials("username", "password"));

            // Create AuthCache instance
            AuthCache authCache = new BasicAuthCache();
            // Generate BASIC scheme object and add it to the local
            // auth cache
            BasicScheme basicAuth = new BasicScheme();
            authCache.put(targetHost, basicAuth);

            // Add AuthCache to the execution context
            BasicHttpContext localcontext = new BasicHttpContext();
            localcontext.setAttribute(ClientContext.AUTH_CACHE, authCache);

            HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("/");

            System.out.println("executing request: " + httpget.getRequestLine());
            System.out.println("to target: " + targetHost);

            for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(targetHost, httpget, localcontext);
                HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

                System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
                System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());
                if (entity != null) {
                    System.out.println("Response content length: " + entity.getContentLength());
                }
                EntityUtils.consume(entity);
            }

        } finally {
            // When HttpClient instance is no longer needed,
            // shut down the connection manager to ensure
            // immediate deallocation of all system resources
            httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
        }
    }

}