Can I retrieve an authenticated RSS feed with YQL?

Question

Hi

I want to retrieve the contents of an RSS feed via YQL: http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/

The RSS feed is protected with basic authentication - username & password. How can I pass the username and password in the YQL console to gain access to the feed?

Simon

Answer 1

For basic auth you can provide login and password in url: http://username:[email protected]/url

Details are described in RFC 2617