Comments on: Using HTTP Authorization headers with Flash http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2006/using-http-authorization-headers-with-flash/ Martijn de Visser on User Experience and Front End technology Sat, 17 May 2008 01:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bob http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2006/using-http-authorization-headers-with-flash/#comment-699 Bob Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:04:25 +0000 http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2006/using-http-authorization-headers-with-flash/#comment-699 Well, I've kind of figured it out, at least using Flash player. One thing that was wrong was I was missing the space between "Basic" and "pass". This goes directly against what is mentioned in earlier comments. Oh well, it works for me. Also, I was missing the Base64 class. I know next to nothing about Flash (I'm a Java geek) and thought Base64 was an included library. So now it works in Flash Player ... which is absolutely useless to me unless it will work in a browser. Does your comment still stand, 'This solution does not work from a browser environment.'? I am hoping that since that was 2 years ago it would no longer be the case. But when I run this movie in FF2 or IE7 it does nothing. Fantastic. The good folks at Acegi / Spring made a fantastic application that transparently secures your application, and because of this bug I have to trash it all and roll my own ... again. Or perhaps not? Bob Well, I’ve kind of figured it out, at least using Flash player. One thing that was wrong was I was missing the space between “Basic” and “pass”. This goes directly against what is mentioned in earlier comments. Oh well, it works for me. Also, I was missing the Base64 class. I know next to nothing about Flash (I’m a Java geek) and thought Base64 was an included library.

So now it works in Flash Player … which is absolutely useless to me unless it will work in a browser. Does your comment still stand, ‘This solution does not work from a browser environment.’? I am hoping that since that was 2 years ago it would no longer be the case. But when I run this movie in FF2 or IE7 it does nothing.

Fantastic. The good folks at Acegi / Spring made a fantastic application that transparently secures your application, and because of this bug I have to trash it all and roll my own … again.

Or perhaps not?

Bob

]]> By: Bob http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2006/using-http-authorization-headers-with-flash/#comment-698 Bob Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:38:43 +0000 http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2006/using-http-authorization-headers-with-flash/#comment-698 I can't seem to get this working with Flash CS3. I have BASIC Authentication up and running and have used Curl to confirm it works but every time I send a request from my Flash movie it returns the HTML of the Login page instead of the XML it should return. I realize this post is old but one of the comments is from only a couple months ago. Do you have any idea what I might be doing wrong? Thanks, BOb I can’t seem to get this working with Flash CS3. I have BASIC Authentication up and running and have used Curl to confirm it works but every time I send a request from my Flash movie it returns the HTML of the Login page instead of the XML it should return.

I realize this post is old but one of the comments is from only a couple months ago.

Do you have any idea what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks,
BOb

]]> By: Martijn de Visser http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2006/using-http-authorization-headers-with-flash/#comment-572 Martijn de Visser Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:40:52 +0000 http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2006/using-http-authorization-headers-with-flash/#comment-572 Hi Sydney - yes, it should be "BASIC", without the space after basic. I have corrected the sample, thanks for letting me know. Regarding authenticating with AIR: can't help you with that one, try posting on the Adobe forums in the AIR labs section, perhaps someone else stumbled upon the same issue and found a solution. Hi Sydney - yes, it should be “BASIC”, without the space after basic. I have corrected the sample, thanks for letting me know.

Regarding authenticating with AIR: can’t help you with that one, try posting on the Adobe forums in the AIR labs section, perhaps someone else stumbled upon the same issue and found a solution.

]]> By: Sidney de Koning http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2006/using-http-authorization-headers-with-flash/#comment-571 Sidney de Koning Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:04:51 +0000 http://www.martijndevisser.com/blog/2006/using-http-authorization-headers-with-flash/#comment-571 Hi Martijn, In your code example you say "BASIC" is that correct or should it be just "BASIC"? I'm running into the same problem with an AIR application and i need to authenticate xml from HTTPS. I have found no way around this. Any thoughts on this? Thanks, Sidney Hi Martijn,

In your code example you say “BASIC” is that correct or should it be just “BASIC”?

I’m running into the same problem with an AIR application and i need to authenticate xml from HTTPS. I have found no way around this. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks,

Sidney

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