Version 0 of Simple HTTP Authentication Wrapper for http::geturl RFC 2617

ALX 2016-03-17 10:18:00

This package is licensed unter MIT

NAME

http::auth - wrapper for "http::geturl" with automatic http authentication

SYNOPSIS

: package require http::auth ?1.0?
: http::auth::geturl url ?options?
: http::auth::config name value

DESCRIPTION

RFC 2617 HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication

EXAMPLE

simple username and password

package require http::auth

::http::auth::config username USER
::http::auth::config password PASS

::http::geturl http://wiki.tcl.tk -keepalive 1

realm-based authentication

package require http::auth

proc ::http::auth::callback { realm *username *password } {
  variable options

  upvar ${*username} username
  upvar ${*password} password

  switch -- $realm {
    default {
      set username USER
      set password PW
    }
  }
}

::http::geturl http://wiki.tcl.tk -keepalive 1

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