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Java HTTP AUTH?

I'm trying to connect a desktop application I am writing with the del.icio.us api @ http://delicious.com/help/api and simply provide them with my username and password and to request an url to post a bookmark to my profile. The problem I have is that I don't understand how to send my login credentials when I open a connection. How woul...

HTTP Request Object

Is there an object within the standard Java SE that can accept a HTTP request from a socket? I have found how to create and send one, however I have not found a way to retrieve a HTTP object from a socket. I can create one my self, but I would rather rely on a heavily tested object. This seems like something that would be readily avail...

Does HttpWebRequest send 200 OK automatically?

Background: I am implementing Paypal IPN handler. This great article on Paypal states that I am required to send a 200 OK back to Paypal after I read the response. The processing of IPN request is as follows: //Send the request to PayPal and get the response StreamWriter streamOut = new StreamWriter(req.GetRequestStream(), ...

In Rails, how can one log the entirety of each incoming HTTP request?

I'm building an application that talks to a Rails backend that is POSTing requests to Rails. It's failing. Is there an easy way to have Rails log and spit to console the entirety of each incoming HTTP request? If anyone is feeling particularly charitable, you may be able to help with the underlying cause. Using a simple curl command w...

http connection reuse

I would like to better understand how .Net http connection reuse works. When I use HttpWebRequest to send something to some server twice from the same appdomain, is the connection (optionally) reused? So the server would see both requests as coming from the same connection even though in my application they are different logical reques...

Java, HttpUrlConnection. Problem with getResponseCode()

I try to create the simplest Simplest WebServer and Client using HTTP. (Please, don't tell me to using Apache HTTPClient). Client: try to PUT some file to Server. // **PUT** if(REQUEST.toUpperCase().equals("PUT")) { File sourceFile = new File(fileName); if(!sourceFile.canRead()) { System.out.println("Have not access to this...

How to keep a HTTP connection alive?

Is there a way to keep a HTTP connection alive with JavaScript? ...

How can I http post data to any page in the web in Classic ASP?

How can I http post data to any page in the web in Classic ASP? ...

Proper status code for a maintenance page redirect?

While performing some upcoming maintenance, I'm going to have to redirect all site traffic to a maintenance page briefly. What's the proper status code to use for the redirect? 503 makes sense, but it's not technically a redirection status. 302 is a temp redirect, but wondering if that might have implications if the site is being spider...

How is file upload handled in HTTP?

I am curious to know how webservers handle file uploads. Is the entire file sent as a single chunk? Or is it streamed into the webserver - which puts it together and saves it in a temp folder for PHP etc. to use? ...

Difference in website display depending on domain

I'm getting slightly different display of a website depending on which URL I use to access it (two different servers, both serving the same files). One looks "thinner" than the other in Firefox 3.0 (no discernible difference in IE) For example, compare: http://www.ece.ualberta.ca/support/ and http://www1.ece.ualberta.ca/support/ Th...

Disabled cookies

What options do I have to work around disabled cookies for session management? ...

CUrl PUT with xml data

Hi I'm facing a problem with curl as I am unable to issue a PUT request with inline XML data, I'm not sure how its done but I hade a couple of goes on it with different techniques. First I tried using the CURLOPT_UPLOAD as its the default CURL option for PUT and tried to append the xml data manually: typedef map<string, string> hea...

HttpPostRequest Text+File in vb.net

Hi, HttpPostRequest with Files only in VB2008 is easy: Using wc As New System.Net.WebClient() wc.UploadFile("http://server.de/exemple.php", "c:\test.png") End Using But I want POST Text + Files in one POST (username, password, file). But, how to? ...

HttpWebRequest Class Text + File in Vb.net

How to create an POST with the HttpWebRequest Class in VB.net (2008)? I can find exemples with text only but not with text and files. Thanks. ...

Persisting data cross domains?

I have 2 applications, each in different domains. When a user comes to the first application, clicks a link, the user is sent to the second application. My problem is as follows: I need to persist a sessionId from the first application to the second application. Simple enough but here's the catch. I can't use query string and I ca...

IFrame callback, server response not appearing on client

Hi - thanks for clicking. I am trying to get status feedback using an IFrame for file uploads. I am not trying to get progress or percentages - just when a file is done uploading and if it was a success or failure. THE PROBLEM is that I can't seem to get the server response to appear on the client. I have to following design: I ha...

Mutual SSL - how much authentication is sufficient?

Suppose you have a mutual SSL service, which in addition to the SSL, has application authentication. Thus, clients provide certificates (as well as servers), but the client request (e.g., REST request) also contains a username/password which the back-end application server authenticates with. In terms of the "degree" of client authen...

send file in http (Upload from client store in server)

I am looking for a solution to upload multiple files from browser to server. As of now the HTML pages are written in oracle HTTP toolkit (using oracle mod_plsql on Windows NT). Can someone suggest me solution to upload files from client side and process it in server. Solutions based on HTML, Oracle HTTP, PHP are fine. Links and suggesti...

Duplicate Referrer Header - HTTP.sys barfs

I have been testing the PS3 browser (NetFront) with embedded Flash components on a web page and there seems to be a rather serious bug with the way that any requests from Flash are issued. The browser is adding a referrer (referer) and so is the Flash player resulting in duplicate headers. This is actually OK if the referrer headers are ...