Authenticate to third-party HTTP servers and gateways using RFC 2617 Basic or Digest authentication.

Syntax

http_userid=userid

Protocols

• HTTP, HTTPS

Support notes

• Cannot be used in the ML directive of the Redirector.

Default

None

Remarks

This feature supports Basic and Digest authentication as described in RFC 2617.

With Basic authentication, passwords are included in HTTP headers in clear text; however, you can use HTTPS to encrypt the headers and protect the password. With Digest authentication, headers are not sent in clear text but are hashed.

You must use http_password with this option.

For information about how to set network protocol options with dbmlsync, see CommunicationAddress (adr) extended option.

For information about how to set network protocol options with UltraLite, see Network protocol options for UltraLite synchronization streams.

See also

• http_password
• http_proxy_password
• http_proxy_userid

Example

The following example of an embedded SQL or C++ UltraLite application provides a user ID and password for basic authentication to a web server.

synch_info.stream = "https";
synch_info.stream_parms = TEXT("http_userid=user;http_password=pwd");