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javascriptnode.jshashrequestdigest
user3042597
user3042597

Reputation:

node.js REQUEST auth hash

I am using npm REQUEST for a simple http call. There is ambiguity (at least for me) as to what the hash requirement means. From the documentation I see I need to make a chained function call:

request.get('http://some.server.com/').auth('username', 'password', false);

The fine print says "...If passed as an option, auth should be a hash containing values username, password..."

Could someone kindly explain the hashing process? Is it something like this?

cypto.createHash('md5').update('fake_username').digest('hex')

Here is the full code sample I am working on in nodejs. I get a 401 error

var request = require('request')
var cypto = require('crypto')

var unhash = cypto.createHash('md5').update('fake_username').digest('hex')
var pwhash = cypto.createHash('md5').update('fake_password').digest('hex')

request.get('<URL HERE>', function (error, response, body) {
    if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
        console.log(body)
    }
    else {
        console.log('Response code: ', response.statusCode)
    }
}).auth(unhash,pwhash,false)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1108

Answers (1)

mscdex
mscdex

Reputation: 106698

The If passed as an option, auth should be a hash containing values username, password part is referring to the second example in the readme:

request.get('http://some.server.com/', {
  'auth': {
    'user': 'username',
    'pass': 'password',
    'sendImmediately': false
  }
});

Here 'hash' means 'object'. It has nothing to do with cryptographic hashing.

Upvotes: 2

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