Question

How can you, in iOS, programmatically access a password protected site that has been protected by .htaccess or access control.

Using NSURLRequest, you can make a GET request from a URL. But if the URL is protected how would you send the username password pair. Also, what if it’s encrypted with standard MD5 encryption.

Answer 1

Add something like this to your HTTPConnectionDelegate:

-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)aConnection didReceiveAuthenticationChallenge:(NSURLAuthenticationChallenge *)challenge {         if ([challenge previousFailureCount] == 0) {                 NSURLCredential *newCredential;                 newCredential = [NSURLCredential credentialWithUser:username password:password persistence:NSURLCredentialPersistenceNone];                 [[challenge sender] useCredential:newCredential forAuthenticationChallenge:challenge];         } else {                 [[challenge sender] cancelAuthenticationChallenge:challenge];         } }