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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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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. |
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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. |
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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== |
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Feed: http://www. |
Feed: http://www.test.com/podcast.xml |
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Username: test |
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Password: letmein |
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Feed URL with credentials: http://test:letmein@www.test.com/podcast.xml |
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==Example 2== |
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Username: test@jriver.com |
Username: test@jriver.com |
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Password: 12345 |
Password: 12345 |
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Feed URL with credentials: |
Feed URL with credentials: http://test%40jriver%2Ecom:12345@www.test.com/podcast.xml |
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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