How to handle HTTP authentication using HttpURLConnection?

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Do you need output streaming? The HttpURLConnection most definitely supports authentication with the Authenticator class, see: Http Authentication.

Update: In case the Authenticator is not an option, you can manually do HTTP basic authentication by adding an extra header to your HTTP request. Try the following code (untested):

String userPassword = username + ":" + password;
String encoding = new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode(userPassword.getBytes());
URLConnection uc = url.openConnection();
uc.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + encoding);
uc.connect();

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