CODEWITHSUNDEEP
rubyshoes
Etienne
Etienne

Reputation: 167

Using Shoes' download() to do basic HTTP authentication

I'm trying to use Shoes' download() method to pass a username and password in the HTTP header to authenticate the HTTP request (talking to a Rails app).

I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to this stuff.

I havn't quite understood whether I should be automatically able to use the below syntax (username:pwd@) or whether the username and password should be created manually inside the HTTP header (which I think I can also access using :headers of the download method).

download "http://username:[email protected]:3000/authenticate", :method => "POST" do |result| 
     # process result.response.body here
end

Any help would be appreciated

Upvotes: 3

Views: 425

Answers (1)

Etienne
Etienne

Reputation: 167

Can I answer my own question?

This seems to do the trick:

          require 'base64'

< ... snip ... >

          # create the headers
          headers = {}
          headers['Authorization'] = 'Basic ' + encode64("#{@login.text()}:#{@pword.text()}").chop

          # run the download
          download "#{$SITE_URL}/do_something", :method => "GET", :headers => headers do |result|
            @status.text = "The result is #{result.response.body}" 
          end

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions