[Exist-open] Authentication in REST (put xml file)

[Peng Yu <pen...@gm...>]

Hi,

I modified samples/http/put.py slightly to try to put a xml file with
authentication. But I got an error and the error message is not very
helpful, and I don't see an example on authentication on
http://localhost:8080/exist/devguide_rest.xml.

I also tried samples/http/httpclient.pl, in which the user and
password is in the URL. And it works. Then I tried to add user and
pass word in the argument of httplib.HTTP(), but it doesn't work.
$URL = "http://$USER:$PASS\@localhost:8080/exist/rest";

I think that the fix should be straightforward. Could any expert let me know?


~/linux/bin/src/eXist/eXistPut/main$ ./main.sh
reading file catalog.xml ...
catalog.xml
storing document to collection /db/XQuery_Walmsley2007.ex/chapter01 ...
An error occurred: Created
~/linux/bin/src/eXist/eXistPut/main$ cat main.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash

../eXistPut.py /db/XQuery_Walmsley2007.ex/chapter01 catalog.xml
~/linux/bin/src/eXist/eXistPut/main$ cat ../eXistPut.py
#!/usr/bin/env python

import httplib
import sys
import string
import base64

collection = sys.argv[1]
file = sys.argv[2]

f = open(file, 'r')
print "reading file %s ..." % file
xml = f.read()
f.close()

p = string.rfind(file, '/')
if p > -1:
    doc = file[p+1:]
else:
    doc = file
print doc
print "storing document to collection %s ..." % collection
con = httplib.HTTP('localhost:8080')

userid='admin'
passwd='FyDi3QfBON'
auth = 'Basic ' + string.strip(base64.encodestring(userid + ':' + passwd))

con.putrequest('PUT', '/exist/rest/%s/%s' % (collection, doc))
con.putheader('Authorization', auth)
con.putheader('Content-Type', 'text/xml')
clen = len(xml)
con.putheader('Content-Length', `clen`)
con.endheaders()
con.send(xml)

errcode, errmsg, headers = con.getreply()

if errcode != 200:
    f = con.getfile()
    print 'An error occurred: %s' % errmsg
    f.close()
else:
    print "Ok."
~/linux/bin/src/eXist/eXistPut/main$ cat catalog.xml
<!-- XQuery by Priscilla Walmsley (c) O'Reilly Media 2007 -->
<!-- Product catalog input document-->
<catalog>
  <product dept="WMN">
    <number>557</number>
    <name language="en">Fleece Pullover</name>
    <colorChoices>navy black</colorChoices>
  </product>
  <product dept="ACC">
    <number>563</number>
    <name language="en">Floppy Sun Hat</name>
  </product>
  <product dept="ACC">
    <number>443</number>
    <name language="en">Deluxe Travel Bag</name>
  </product>
  <product dept="MEN">
    <number>784</number>
    <name language="en">Cotton Dress Shirt</name>
    <colorChoices>white gray</colorChoices>
    <desc>Our <i>favorite</i> shirt!</desc>
  </product>
</catalog>


-- 
Regards,
Peng