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javajsoupbasic-authentication

Jsoup connection with basic access authentication

Is there a way in Jsoup to load a document from a website with basic access authentication?

Solution

  • With HTTP basic access authentication you need to send the Authorization header along with a value of "Basic " + base64encode("username:password").

    E.g.

    String username = "foo";
String password = "bar";
String login = username + ":" + password;
String base64login = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(login.getBytes());

Document document = Jsoup
    .connect("http://example.com")
    .header("Authorization", "Basic " + base64login)
    .get();

// ...

    (explicit specification of character encoding in getBytes() is omitted for brevity as login name and pass is often plain US-ASCII anyway; besides, Base64 always generates US-ASCII bytes)