Java tutorial
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.URI; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpState; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Credentials; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthScope; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HostConfiguration; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.UsernamePasswordCredentials; public class BasicAuthenticationForJSPPage { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); client.getParams().setParameter("http.useragent", "My Browser"); HostConfiguration host = client.getHostConfiguration(); host.setHost(new URI("http://localhost:8080", true)); Credentials credentials = new UsernamePasswordCredentials("tomcat", "tomcat"); AuthScope authScope = new AuthScope(host.getHost(), host.getPort()); HttpState state = client.getState(); state.setCredentials(authScope, credentials); GetMethod method = new GetMethod("/commons/chapter01/protected.jsp"); try { client.executeMethod(host, method); System.err.println(method.getStatusLine()); System.err.println(method.getResponseBodyAsString()); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println(e); } finally { method.releaseConnection(); } } }