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==Overview==
==Overview==
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.
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 add credentials to a URL, follow this form:
To add credentials to a URL, follow this form:

Revision as of 18:04, 24 June 2011

Overview

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

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 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

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