Re: http-client egg and authentication

[Vasilij Schneidermann]

Hello Christian,

I've experimented by setting up a listener with `nc -nlvp 12345` and
firing requests against localhost:12345

curl:

    GET / HTTP/1.1
    Host: localhost:12345
    Authorization: Basic bXl1c2VyOm15cGFzcw==
    User-Agent: curl/7.85.0
    Accept: */*

http-client: 

    GET / HTTP/1.1
    Host: localhost:12345
    User-Agent: http-client/1.2 (CHICKEN Scheme HTTP-client)

This confirms what you've seen. However, if you look at the
documentation of `determine-username/password`, the following jumps at
me:

> The procedure in this parameter is called whenever the remote host
> requests authentication via a 401 Unauthorized response.

Since the listener does not request authentication, the procedure is
never invoked. If you want to unconditionally set this header, pass it
explicitly.

Vasilij

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