Android HttpClient authentication always returns 401 code

Question

I'm trying to post the player score on-line using HTTP authentication but the response is always 401 (Unauthorized), although I'm pretty sure the username and password is correct. What am I doing wrong?

DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
Credentials creds = new UsernamePasswordCredentials("user", "passsword");
client.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(new AuthScope("http://myurl.com/score.php", 80), creds);

try {
    HttpPost post = new HttpPost("http://myurl.com/score.php");

    List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(3);   
    nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("score", points));
    nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("name", name));
    post.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
    HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);
    final int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
    if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
        throw new Exception();
    }

} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
    //
} catch (IOException e) {
    //
} catch (Exception e) {
    //
}

What's wrong with my code?

user642252 · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-12 17:09:53Z

12

I solved the problem. I'm using

new AuthScope(AuthScope.ANY_HOST, AuthScope.ANY_PORT) // works

instead of the previous

new AuthScope("http://myurl.com/score.php", 80) // error

answered Mar 12, 2011 at 17:09

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Alex Florescu Over a year ago

Great! You can accept your own answer to the question so it shows up as answered :)

Lasse Samson Over a year ago

Thanks for posting your solution. This helped me solve my problem :-)

IgorGanapolsky Over a year ago

Unfortunately this solution doesn't work for SSL connections.

codeMagic · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-16 17:25:38Z

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Try using:

new AuthScope("myurl.com", 80);

edited Apr 16, 2014 at 17:25

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answered Apr 16, 2014 at 16:14

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codeMagic Over a year ago

Please try to provide some explanation and/or links with your answers to explain why your solution should work.

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