Ben G

I have a apache webserver requiring HTTP digest authentication, and maxurl object always fails on authentication and gets the 401 error as the output dict below:

This server could not verify that you\nare authorized to access the document\nrequested. Either you supplied the wrong\ncredentials (e.g., bad password), or your\nbrowser doesn't understand how to supply\nthe credentials required.\n\n",

"header" : "HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized\r\nDate: Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:49:35 GMT\r\nServer: Apache/2.4.10 (Unix) OpenSSL/0.9.8zc\r\nWWW-Authenticate: Digest realm=\"\", nonce=\"\", algorithm=MD5, qop=\"auth\"\r\nContent-Length: 381\r\nContent-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n\r\n",

 http_auth: username:password}", but results are always the same 401.

I used real browsers and a python script using curl libraries and they all work with authentication, so it shouldn't be the webserver side issue.

I have another webserver using basic auth, and maxobj works fine it; maxurl reference says 'By default, maxurl will attempt all authentication methods (basic, digest, gss negotiate, ntlm)', meaning digest auth should be also supported.

I'm using Max 6.1.10 on Windows7 32bit. Please advise what is the right way to use maxurl objects with HTTP digest authentication. Thanks.

This server could not verify that you\nare authorized to access the document\nrequested.  Either you supplied the wrong\ncredentials (e.g., bad password), or your\nbrowser doesn't understand how to supply\nthe credentials required.\n\n",

I tried both methods, message "get http://username:password@hostname/path" and dict "{url: http://hostname/path, http_auth: username:password}", but results are always the same 401.

I'm using Max 6.1.10 on Windows7 32bit. Please advise what is the right way to use maxurl objects with HTTP digest authentication. Thanks.


maxurl-doesnt-work-with-http-digest-authentication

I'm running into this same set of expectations and results in April of 2021.

Request Dict
    {
    "http_method" : "get",
    "parse_type" : "json",
    "http_auth" : "admin:PassWord",
    "url" : "http://my/rest/api"
}

Response Body


"body" :     {
        "error" : [ 401, "Unauthorized" ]
    }
,
    "header" : "HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized\r\nX-Content-Type-Options: nosniff\r\nConnection: close\r\nVary: origin, accept, prefer\r\nCache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate\r\nContent-Type: application/json;charset=\"UTF-8\"\r\nAccept-Ranges: dli-depth\r\nWWW-Authenticate: Digest opaque=\"fKfoLlPZ8Ymc4ap4\", nonce=\"rIntdKDXSzDTDOxO\", realm=\"DLI LPC92401020084\", algorithm=\"MD5\", qop=\"auth,auth-int\"\r\n\r\n",
    "status" : 401,

Request Dict
	{
	"http_method" : "get",
	"parse_type" : "json",
	"http_auth" : "admin:PassWord",
	"url" : "http://my/rest/api"
}

Response Body


"body" : 	{
		"error" : [ 401, "Unauthorized" ]
	}
,
	"header" : "HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized\r\nX-Content-Type-Options: nosniff\r\nConnection: close\r\nVary: origin, accept, prefer\r\nCache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate\r\nContent-Type: application/json;charset=\"UTF-8\"\r\nAccept-Ranges: dli-depth\r\nWWW-Authenticate: Digest opaque=\"fKfoLlPZ8Ymc4ap4\", nonce=\"rIntdKDXSzDTDOxO\", realm=\"DLI LPC92401020084\", algorithm=\"MD5\", qop=\"auth,auth-int\"\r\n\r\n",
	"status" : 401,

maxurl doesn't work with HTTP digest authentication