Android HTTP Authentication error

Question

final HttpClient hClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
final HttpPost hPost = new HttpPost(
        "http://xxx.xxx");
try {
    hPost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
    hPost.setHeader("Content-type",
            "application/json");
    hPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(JSON));
    // execute request
    final HttpResponse response = hClient
            .execute(hPost);
    final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

Android returns 05-16 20:02:52.784: W/DefaultRequestDirector(15642): Authentication error: Unable to respond to any of these challenges: {} and I don't know how to fix it. Where is the problem and how can I fix it?

it looks as a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6114455/authentication-error-when-using-httppost-with-defaulthttpclient-on-android — jJ', May 16 '12 at 18:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '12 at 18:20

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I had this warning as well, but it did not caused any particular problems, the request still goes fine.

However I stopped getting this error as soon as I started using AndroidHttpClient instead of the DefaultHttpClient. One uncomfortable thing is that you cannot use AndroidHttpClient from UI thread and need to run it on another thread.

answered May 16 '12 at 18:20

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It looks like my request is being denied by this warning and I don't know how to fix it. What is the easiest way to implement this thread solution? – Hedam May 16 '12 at 18:23
I would try different http clients that are available on android. each one has different capabilities http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html ... I cannot see which challenges are not answered in your question... – jJ' May 16 '12 at 18:28

kzs · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-16T18:56:05.927

Try setting the Http parameters as following:

HttpParams myParams = new BasicHttpParams();

HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(myParams, 10000);
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(myParams, 10000); // Timeout

DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(myParams);

For the http post and response you can try the following code. Kindly customize according to your needs (for example set your string parameters)

HttpResponse response;
httpClient.getParams().setParameter("Your String", "YourStringValue");
localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(YOurURL);

Log.e("URL", URL); //just to check 

httpClient.getParams().setParameter(ClientPNames.COOKIE_POLICY,CookiePolicy.RFC_2109);

StringEntity tmp = null;

httpPost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");

tmp = new StringEntity(inputJObject.toString(), "UTF-8");

httpPost.setEntity(tmp);

response = httpClient.execute(httpPost, localContext);


Log.i(TAG, response.getStatusLine().toString()); // Examine the response status


HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();  // Get hold of the response entity

So, are you saying timeout configuration is necessary here? @peter_ziegler — ericn, Jan 07 '15 at 09:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 24 '13 at 17:07

I got this error and resolved it by going back to basics! The error was generated from a request to https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo. The solution is posted below:

            URLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            conn.addRequestProperty("key", API_KEY);
    conn.addRequestProperty("client_id", CLIENT_ID);
    conn.addRequestProperty("client_secret", "");
    conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "OAuth " + token);

All the add requests are HTTPGET key/values and the setProperty adds an header parameter. As Google API Console does not give a client secret in its current version, I added a balnk string..this solves the AuthToken to user data affair finally :)

Android HTTP Authentication error

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