HTTP authentication for feeds with calibre

DAiki · 10-11-2008, 02:02 PM

Hi Kovid,

Is there a way to use http authentication with Calibre? I have one one website I'd like to download feeds from that uses http authentication to access feeds..

Thanks Daniel

kovidgoyal · 10-11-2008, 09:16 PM

Yeah just override the get_browser method. See for example the nytimes recipe. It uses form based authentication but digest auth is even easier. See the example at http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/

DAiki · 10-12-2008, 08:49 AM

Thanks a mil..

In case anybody else needs this you need to amend "def get_browser()" function

def get_browser(self):
br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser()
# Add HTTP Basic/Digest auth username and password for website access.
br.add_password("http://domain.com", "username", "password")
return br

10-11-2008, 02:02 PM	#1
DAiki Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: PRS 505	HTTP authentication for feeds with calibre Hi Kovid, Is there a way to use http authentication with Calibre? I have one one website I'd like to download feeds from that uses http authentication to access feeds.. Thanks Daniel

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10-11-2008, 09:16 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,267 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yeah just override the get_browser method. See for example the nytimes recipe. It uses form based authentication but digest auth is even easier. See the example at http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/

10-12-2008, 08:49 AM	#3
DAiki Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: PRS 505	Thanks a mil.. In case anybody else needs this you need to amend "def get_browser()" function def get_browser(self): br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser() # Add HTTP Basic/Digest auth username and password for website access. br.add_password("http://domain.com", "username", "password") return br

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