Java

Http Digest Authentication

Demonstrates the DigestAuth property to do HTTP Digest Authentication. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new Http();

        // To use HTTP Digest Authentication:
        http.setLogin("myLogin");
        http.setPassword("myPassword");
        http.setDigestAuth(true);

        // If you would like to see the HTTP session log to see how
        // HTTP digest authentication worked.
        http.setSessionLogFilename("c:/temp/qa_output/sessionLog.txt");

        // Run the test using this URL with the credentials above.
        // (Works while httpbin.org keeps the test endpoint available.)
        String jsonResponse;
        try {
            jsonResponse = http.quickGetStr("https://httpbin.org/digest-auth/auth/myLogin/myPassword");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Response status code: " + http.getLastStatus());

        System.out.println(jsonResponse);

        // Output:

        // Response status code: 200
        // {
        //   "authenticated": true,
        //   "user": "myLogin"
        // }

        // -----------------------------------------------
        // Here are the contents of the sessionLog.txt

        // ---- Sending Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT ----
        // GET /digest-auth/auth/myLogin/myPassword HTTP/1.1
        // Host: httpbin.org
        // Accept: */*
        // Accept-Encoding: gzip
        //
        //
        // ---- Received Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT ----
        // HTTP/1.1 401 UNAUTHORIZED
        // Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT
        // Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
        // Content-Length: 0
        // Connection: keep-alive
        // Server: gunicorn/19.9.0
        // WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="me@kennethreitz.com", nonce="fbc6733e2f4d126e7a92d19918f42b0f", qop="auth", opaque="5a14177dc4089cb22c019e6df4fdaadf", algorithm=MD5, stale=FALSE
        // Set-Cookie: stale_after=never; Path=/
        // Set-Cookie: fake=fake_value; Path=/
        // Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
        // Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
        //
        //
        // ---- Sending Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT ----
        // GET /digest-auth/auth/myLogin/myPassword HTTP/1.1
        // Host: httpbin.org
        // Accept: */*
        // Accept-Encoding: gzip
        // Authorization: Digest ****
        //
        //
        // ---- Received Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:12 GMT ----
        // HTTP/1.1 200 OK
        // Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:23:13 GMT
        // Content-Type: application/json
        // Content-Length: 50
        // Connection: keep-alive
        // Server: gunicorn/19.9.0
        // Set-Cookie: fake=fake_value; Path=/
        // Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
        // Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
        //
        // {
        //   "authenticated": true,
        //   "user": "myLogin"
        // }
    }
}