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http_password

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

http_password=password

• HTTP, HTTPS

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

None

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 this password. With Digest authentication, headers are not sent in clear text but are hashed.

You must use http_userid 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.

• http_userid
• http_proxy_password
• http_proxy_userid

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");