Basic Authentication wsdl service

Hi, I'm wondering what the current implementation is to support basic authentication when using wsdl data services. 
I can only find old posts from 2015 but do not see solutions.
 
For our new reports we would like to use FlightAware web services and it requires username and password.
The calls we want to use work fine when using SoapUI but we unfortunately have no idea how to set the username and password in a Birt datasource. 
 
Thanks! 
Vincent

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Clement Wong

After looking at FlightAware's API (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://flightaware.com/commercial/flightxml/documentation2.rvt'>https://flightaware.com/commercial/flightxml/documentation2.rvt</a>), I see that it's not out of the ordinary and BIRT can handle this authentication mechanism.
 
You can add a basic authentication to BIRT's Web Service ODA's request header. For example, in this previous post, we're adding a custom authentication header:
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://developer.actuate.com/community/forum/index.php?/topic/39023-add-custom-authentication-header-to-soap-webservice/?p=142927'>http://developer.actuate.com/community/forum/index.php?/topic/39023-add-custom-authentication-header-to-soap-webservice/?p=142927</a>
 
The same call that you have in SOAP UI can be parameterized (or hardcoded) in BIRT's Web Service Data Set.
 
 
Also, it appears that FlightAware has a REST/JSON API. If you decide to use this instead, you can follow this example @ <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://developer.actuate.com/community/forum/index.php?/topic/36913-birt-web-service-rest-json/?p=138062'>http://developer.actuate.com/community/forum/index.php?/topic/36913-birt-web-service-rest-json/?p=138062</a>which is a scripted data source / data set with basic authentication. 
 
If you are using BIRT 4.5.0, it has built-in JSON support so you won't need the helper JavaScript file, "json.js", in the root of your project folder.

vraaijmakers

Thanks for the quick response Clement!
I already noticed your custom authentication header example and tried to et it up and running. Unfortunately I couldn't.
This is what I came up with as an attempt to get something working.
 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
xmlns:xsd="<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"</a>
xmlns:SOAP-ENC="<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/'>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"</a>
xmlns:xsi="<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"</a>
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"></a>
<SOAP-ENV:Header>
 <Username>&?UserName?&</Username>
 <Password>&?Password?&</Password>
 </SOAP-ENV:Header> 
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<m:AirlineInfoRequest xmlns:m="<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://flightxml.flightaware.com/soap/FlightXML2'>http://flightxml.flightaware.com/soap/FlightXML2"></a>
<m:airlineCode>PVO</m:airlineCode>
</m:AirlineInfoRequest>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
 
Let me look at your JSON example as well. I have no preference as long as it will work with iHub later. Plan is to have scheduled reports running.
 
Thanks!!
Vincent

vraaijmakers

Clement, is there a 4.5 version available for Mac? I just dowloaded again to make sure I have the latest but it is still 4.4.
 
Vincent

Clement Wong

From here (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/Mars/2'>http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/Mars/2</a>), I see the link <a>(http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/mars/2/eclipse-reporting-mars-2-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz)</a> for the download.