Comments on: Secured RSS/Atom Feeds http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/ Completely Messing the Point - Notes on cool tech, including RSS and Atom. May contain humor. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:11:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Mark Woodman http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-271 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:51:08 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-271 Venkatesh, This page may help: http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/Authentication.html Otherwise, I suggest you ask on the GDATA discussion group: http://groups.google.com/group/google-help-dataapi Venkatesh,

This page may help:
http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/Authentication.html

Otherwise, I suggest you ask on the GDATA discussion group:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-help-dataapi

]]> by: Venkatesh http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-270 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:42:17 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-270 How to give username and password for secure rss feeds. _________________________________________________________ https://gmailusername:password@gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom/ I want to read the mail headers of my gmail account thru rss or atom feed as gmail allows to use this . this feed requires the username and password ,though those are incorporated in the url itself. there are lot of aggregators and rss feeders which uses this url but still the username and password requires . I want to do the same thru java url and url connection. If the url is given directly on the browser bar then it will ask for the username and password again and give the xml response in the browser page. My concern is how to give the username and password for the same thru code.ie)urlconnection . I have found one gdata api which is for blogger and calendar,i am try ing the same ,but authentication exception i got while running since this feed url requires username and the password . The url to be posted [added in the GDATA Source]https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin The content of the URL Posted service=mail&Passwd=password&Email=gmailusername&accountType=HOSTED_OR_GOOGLE&source=exampleCo-exampleApp-1 In Http_Ok Got the input stream after launching the url with the parameters [added in GDATA] com.google.gdata.util.AuthenticationException: Unauthorized at com.google.gdata.client.http.HttpGDataRequest.handleErrorResponse(HttpGDataRequest.java:480) at com.google.gdata.client.http.GoogleGDataRequest.handleErrorResponse(GoogleGDataRequest.java:458) at com.google.gdata.client.http.HttpGDataRequest.checkResponse(HttpGDataRequest.java:452) at com.google.gdata.client.http.HttpGDataRequest.execute(HttpGDataRequest.java:430) at com.google.gdata.client.http.GoogleGDataRequest.execute(GoogleGDataRequest.java:441) at com.google.gdata.client.Service.getFeed(Service.java:458)Service Exception while getting the feed at com.google.gdata.client.GoogleService.getFeed(GoogleService.java:677) at com.google.gdata.client.Service.getFeed(Service.java:497) at Headers.readCalendar(Headers.java:33) at Headers.main(Headers.java:58) Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at Headers.main(Headers.java:59) The code is taken from the http://code.google.com/apis. Please help on this ,it is urgent .i can give more points for this ,but i have only 250 available with me . How to give username and password for secure rss feeds.
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https://gmailusername:password@gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom/
I want to read the mail headers of my gmail account thru rss or atom feed as gmail allows to use this .
this feed requires the username and password ,though those are incorporated in the url itself.
there are lot of aggregators and rss feeders which uses this url but still the username and password requires .
I want to do the same thru java url and url connection.
If the url is given directly on the browser bar then it will ask for the username and password again and give the xml response in the browser page.
My concern is how to give the username and password for the same thru code.ie)urlconnection .
I have found one gdata api which is for blogger and calendar,i am try ing the same ,but authentication exception i got while running since this feed url requires username and the password .
The url to be posted [added in the GDATA Source]https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin
The content of the URL Posted service=mail&Passwd=password&Email=gmailusername&accountType=HOSTED_OR_GOOGLE&source=exampleCo-exampleApp-1
In Http_Ok
Got the input stream after launching the url with the parameters [added in GDATA]
com.google.gdata.util.AuthenticationException: Unauthorized
at com.google.gdata.client.http.HttpGDataRequest.handleErrorResponse(HttpGDataRequest.java:480)
at com.google.gdata.client.http.GoogleGDataRequest.handleErrorResponse(GoogleGDataRequest.java:458)
at com.google.gdata.client.http.HttpGDataRequest.checkResponse(HttpGDataRequest.java:452)
at com.google.gdata.client.http.HttpGDataRequest.execute(HttpGDataRequest.java:430)
at com.google.gdata.client.http.GoogleGDataRequest.execute(GoogleGDataRequest.java:441)
at com.google.gdata.client.Service.getFeed(Service.java:458)Service Exception while getting the feed

at com.google.gdata.client.GoogleService.getFeed(GoogleService.java:677)
at com.google.gdata.client.Service.getFeed(Service.java:497)
at Headers.readCalendar(Headers.java:33)
at Headers.main(Headers.java:58)
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NullPointerException
at Headers.main(Headers.java:59)
The code is taken from the http://code.google.com/apis.
Please help on this ,it is urgent .i can give more points for this ,but i have only 250 available with me .

]]> by: TommyA http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-45 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:06:03 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-45 With 'http + basic' wouldn't the username & password get passed as the HTTP Referrer if the user follows any links in the articles. With ‘http + basic’ wouldn’t the username & password get passed as the HTTP Referrer if the user follows any links in the articles.

]]> by: Greg Reinacker http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-17 Fri, 04 Mar 2005 15:02:05 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-17 NewsGator Online can support Basic and Digest, with or without HTTPS. It can actually support NTLM/Kerberos as well, but this will typically not succeed with most firewall policies. NewsGator Online can support Basic and Digest, with or without HTTPS. It can actually support NTLM/Kerberos as well, but this will typically not succeed with most firewall policies.

]]> by: Mark Woodman http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-16 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 22:37:10 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-16 I've since un-installed BottomFeeder, so I can't give the exact error message any more. I was unable to get to a feed secured with Digest authentication on an IIS 6.0 / Windows 2003 Server box. (This is what I used for the testing the various combinations above.) I’ve since un-installed BottomFeeder, so I can’t give the exact error message any more. I was unable to get to a feed secured with Digest authentication on an IIS 6.0 / Windows 2003 Server box. (This is what I used for the testing the various combinations above.)

]]> by: James Robertson http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-15 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 22:02:16 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2005/03/03/secured-rssatom-feeds/#comment-15 I've tested BottomFeeder against secured and unsecured sites, using both Basic and Digest auth. What problems did you have? I’ve tested BottomFeeder against secured and unsecured sites, using both Basic and Digest auth. What problems did you have?

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