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Rakesh
Rakesh

Reputation: 82755

secure xml parsing in python

Hi i am able to parse a normal xml like xml = lxml.etree.parse(''http://abc.com/A.xml') but now i have this path authenticated with a user name and password is it possible to input the username and password and parse the url, like in connecting a database where you can give the user name password in the connection string

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2431

Answers (2)

Rakesh
Rakesh

Reputation: 82755

Guys i found a way to parse password protected XML this is what i did.

import urllib2
import base64
theurl = 'http://abc.com/A.xml'

username='AAA'
password='BBB'

req = urllib2.Request(theurl)


base64string = base64.encodestring(
            '%s:%s' % (username, password))[:-1]
authheader =  "Basic %s" % base64string
req.add_header("Authorization", authheader)
try:
    handle = urllib2.urlopen(req)
except IOError, e:
    print "It looks like the username or password is wrong."
xml = handle.read()
inputXml  = etree.fromstring(xml)

Upvotes: 3

scoffey
scoffey

Reputation: 4688

Yes, it's possible. Before parsing the XML document with lxml, you need to get it by making an HTTP request that handles the HTTP Basic/Digest Authentication properly. For example, with urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler like in this solution: Python urllib2 HTTPBasicAuthHandler

Upvotes: 3

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