Apache HttpClient 4.1 - Proxy Authentication

Question

I\'ve been trying to configure the user and password for proxy authentication from the configured properties while using Apaches HttpComponent\'s httpclient, but with no suc

Answer 1

For HttpClient 4.5 and per request authentication:

HttpContext httpContext = new BasicHttpContext();
AuthState authState = new AuthState();

authState.update(new BasicScheme(), new UsernamePasswordCredentials("userName", "password"));
httpContext.setAttribute(HttpClientContext.PROXY_AUTH_STATE, authState);
CloseableHttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpRequest, httpContext);