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==Overview==
==Overview==
Podcasting is a silent background task, and as such, can not safely show popup dialogs that ask for user information like a username or password.
To use password protected Podcasts, you must add your login credentials to the Feed URL.


To use password protected Podcasts, login credentials must be included in the Podcast Feed URL.
The reason for this approach is because Podcasting is a background task. It's not nice for a background task to show a popup dialog that asks for a username and password.


To add credentials to a URL, follow this form:
To add credentials to a URL, follow this form:
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==Example==
==Example 1==


Feed: http://www.theonion.com/podcast.xml
Feed: http://www.test.com/podcast.xml

Username: test

Password: letmein

Feed URL with credentials: http://test:letmein@www.test.com/podcast.xml


==Example 2==

Feed: http://www.test.com/podcast.xml


Username: test@jriver.com
Username: test@jriver.com
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Password: 12345
Password: 12345


Feed URL with credentials:
Feed URL with credentials: http://test%40jriver%2Ecom:12345@www.test.com/podcast.xml

http://test%40jriver%2Ecom:12345@www.theonion.com/podcast.xml

Latest revision as of 18:05, 24 June 2011

Overview

Podcasting is a silent background task, and as such, can not safely show popup dialogs that ask for user information like a username or password.

To use password protected Podcasts, login credentials must be included in the Podcast Feed URL.

To add credentials to a URL, follow this form:

http://user:password@www.thepodcastilike.com/rss.xml


Special Characters

If you have special characters, replace them with these replacements:

  • Replace @ with %40
  • Replace the . with %2E


Example 1

Feed: http://www.test.com/podcast.xml

Username: test

Password: letmein

Feed URL with credentials: http://test:letmein@www.test.com/podcast.xml


Example 2

Feed: http://www.test.com/podcast.xml

Username: test@jriver.com

Password: 12345

Feed URL with credentials: http://test%40jriver%2Ecom:12345@www.test.com/podcast.xml