[twill] add_auth

[Lars Stavholm]

Titus Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 05:22:42PM +0200, Lars Stavholm wrote:
> -> Hi all, I'm new to twill, and I find it absolutely brilliant!
> -> I was up and running some simple web site tests within minutes.
> -> 
> -> However, the site I'm testing is a Trac site (http://www.linadd.org)
> -> and when using the check_links extension, twill of course tries
> -> to login at some point (since there's a login link available).
> -> 
> -> I've read the doco and added the add_auth twill command (and yes,
> -> I double checked the realm, I even tried with with_default_realm
> -> set to true). No joy.
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> -> 
> -> It's like the add_auth hasn't done anything.
> -> 
> -> I'm not sure what's going on here, but I noticed that the doco
> -> says "Basic Auth" whereas we use "Digest Auth". Could that be it?
> -> 
> -> Any ideas appreciated.
> 
> hi, stava,
> 
> I'm glad you like twill!  Yes, the problem is almost certainly that
> you're using Digest Auth.  I think this is on the mechanize TODO,
> but I can't reach wwwsearch.sf.net to verify this.
> 
> Rest assured, however, that the add_auth settings are getting through,
> so once digest auth is working... <grin>

OK, fine so, I could switch to basic auth for a while, not a biggy.

Thanks for your swift response.

/stava