When using a URLConnection, how do I send a user name and password to access a password-protected URL?
Created May 4, 2012
Tim Rohaly There are two articles on the JavaWorld site which address
this question in detail. The first,
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip46.html,
shows a solution using the Authenticator class available
in Java 2. The second,
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip47.html,
provides a solution which can run under JDK 1.1.