Connecting to remote URL which requires authentication using Java

Question

How do I connect to a remote URL in Java which requires authentication. I\'m trying to find a way to modify the following code to be able to programatically provide a userna

Answer 1

If you are using the normal login whilst entering the username and password between the protocol and the domain this is simpler. It also works with and without login.

Sample Url: http://user:pass@domain.com/url

URL url = new URL("http://user:pass@domain.com/url");
URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();

if (url.getUserInfo() != null) {
    String basicAuth = "Basic " + new String(new Base64().encode(url.getUserInfo().getBytes()));
    urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", basicAuth);
}

InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();

Please note in the comment, from valerybodak, below how it is done in an Android development environment.