Authenticated http proxy with Java

Question

Hi,

how can I configure the username and password to authenticate a http proxy server using java?

I just found the following configuration parameters:

http.proxyHost=<proxyAddress>
http.proxyPort=<proxyPort>
https.proxyHost=<proxyAddress>
https.proxyPort=<proxyPort>

But, my proxy server requires authentication. How can I configure my app to use the proxy server?

Thanks,

And Past

Answer 1

(EDIT: As pointed out by the OP, the using a java.net.Authenticator is required too. I'm updating my answer accordingly for the sake of correctness.)

For authentication, use java.net.Authenticator to set proxy's configuration and set the system properties http.proxyUser and http.proxyPassword.

final String authUser = "user";
final String authPassword = "password";
Authenticator.setDefault(
   new Authenticator() {
      public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
         return new PasswordAuthentication(
               authUser, authPassword.toCharArray());
      }
   }
);

System.setProperty("http.proxyUser", authUser);
System.setProperty("http.proxyPassword", authPassword);

Answer 2

You're almost there, you just have to append:

-Dhttp.proxyUser=someUserName
-Dhttp.proxyPassword=somePassword

Answer 3

Hi, thanks by answer.

But, setting only that parameters, the authentication don't works.

Are necessary to add to that code the following:

final String authUser = "myuser";
final String authPassword = "secret";

System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "hostAddress");
System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "portNumber");
System.setProperty("http.proxyUser", authUser);
System.setProperty("http.proxyPassword", authPassword);

Authenticator.setDefault(
  new Authenticator() {
    public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
      return new PasswordAuthentication(authUser, authPassword.toCharArray());
    }
  }
);

Thanks, again,

And Past