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Posted to user@couchdb.apache.org by Wordit Ltd <wo...@googlemail.com> on 2010/11/08 20:21:25 UTC

Authentication URLs

I've been trying to authenticate via a URL to access a document with
reader restrictions.

I thought this would work, but no dice:

http://user:pass@example.com/db/_design/db/mydoc.html


Is this possible, am I just doing something wrong?


Thanks,

Marcus

Re: Authentication URLs

Posted by Doug <do...@gmail.com>.

I can't get this to work for me either. :/

You might have to use cookie auth to login and then try the url without the
user:pass@ bit...

~
doug.

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Wordit Ltd <wo...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Benjamin Young <be...@couchone.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >If you're on the default 5984, then you should change the URL to include
> > the port "....com:5984/db/...."
>
>
> I'm using CouchOne hosting and it's not working, even with port 5984.
> If I first log in via Futon with the same account it works okay. Is
> there something different about the CouchOne installation?
>
> http://user:pass@example.com:5984/db/_design/db/mydoc.html
>
> The result is:
> ----------------------
> Establish or Modify Your Session
>
> The application says: You are not authorized to access this db.
>
> Once you are logged in, click this link to return to your application:
> /db/_design/db/mydoc.html
>
> Signup or Login
> -----------------------
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Marcus
>

Re: Authentication URLs

Posted by Wordit Ltd <wo...@googlemail.com>.

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Benjamin Young <be...@couchone.com> wrote:
>
>If you're on the default 5984, then you should change the URL to include
> the port "....com:5984/db/...."

I'm using CouchOne hosting and it's not working, even with port 5984.
If I first log in via Futon with the same account it works okay. Is
there something different about the CouchOne installation?

http://user:pass@example.com:5984/db/_design/db/mydoc.html

The result is:
----------------------
Establish or Modify Your Session

The application says: You are not authorized to access this db.

Once you are logged in, click this link to return to your application:
/db/_design/db/mydoc.html

Signup or Login
-----------------------

Thanks for any help,

Marcus

Re: Authentication URLs

Posted by Benjamin Young <be...@couchone.com>.

Marcus,

That should work fine as long as your CouchDB instance is listening on port
80. If you're on the default 5984, then you should change the URL to include
the port "....com:5984/db/...."

I've left that out countless times without realizing it until I get failed
authentication or replication trouble.

Later,
Benjamin

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Wordit Ltd <wo...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> I've been trying to authenticate via a URL to access a document with
> reader restrictions.
>
> I thought this would work, but no dice:
>
> http://user:pass@example.com/db/_design/db/mydoc.html
>
>
> Is this possible, am I just doing something wrong?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcus
>