Download a file from the internet using java : How to authenticate?

Question

Thanks to this thread How to download and save a file from Internet using Java? I know how to download a file, now my problem is that I need to authenticate on the sever fro

Answer 1

This open source library, http://spnego.sourceforge.net, also has some examples on how to use it's SpnegoHttpURLConnection class.

One of the constructors in the class allows you to pass-in a username and password.

Take a look at the class's java doc for the examples.