Authenticate over HTTP access to view RSS using PHP?

Question

I need to view the content of an RSS through PHP, but the problem is that it needs an authentication with username and password, credentials that I have.

How can I print the content of it in my file?

this is what I get when I visit my feed page

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you can generate any output (and rss too) only for authorised users via `php`, can't you? — Sharikov Vladislav, Apr 23 '14 at 18:18
Without knowing what libraries you are using to make the HTTP request and what authentication system is in use, it isn't possible to properly answer this question. — Quentin, Apr 23 '14 at 18:20
@SharikovVladislav the rss is provided by a company, not by me. I don't want to log into their basic authentication like this one http://php.vanhecke.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/basic-authentication-example-bloglines-subscriptions.gif every single time. — EnexoOnoma, Apr 23 '14 at 18:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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cURL may be useful to you here to get the contents of the RSS feed. Pay special attention to the CURLOPT_USERPWD option:

$process = curl_init($host);
curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/xml', $additionalHeaders));
curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ":" . $password);
curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);
curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payloadName);
curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
$return = curl_exec($process);
curl_close($process);

For more information, check out this SO question.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered Apr 23 '14 at 18:35

esqew

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thank you for this, i am trying it now. What to I add to the `$payloadName` variable? – EnexoOnoma Apr 23 '14 at 18:54
@Karoumpas - for information on the `CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS` option, check out [this page](http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php) in the PHP manual. Basically, it's setting POST fields for your request, which may not be applicable in your situation. – esqew Apr 23 '14 at 19:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '14 at 18:31

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To get the contents of a file with authentication headers (basic auth), you could do something like:

<?php

$url = 'http://www.thelinktorss.com/feed.xml';
$username = 'USER';
$password = 'PASS';

$context = stream_context_create(array('http' => array('header'  => "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode($username . ':' . $password))));

$feed = file_get_contents($url, false, $context);

echo $feed;

answered Apr 23 '14 at 18:31

Thomas Lomas

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I get a `401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.` I am uploading the exact authorization image in my question – EnexoOnoma Apr 23 '14 at 19:05
Did you replace the USER and PASS with correct details? – Thomas Lomas Apr 23 '14 at 19:57
Yes of course. Here is the url http://www.viva.gr/feeds/2118012040 – EnexoOnoma Apr 23 '14 at 20:10

Authenticate over HTTP access to view RSS using PHP?

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