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RSS Authentication Protocol

  • September 1, 2024
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Hi there.

While configuring a zap to ingest a RSS feed it asks for username/password. What protocol is the username/password trying to do use against the rss feed? Is it standard http basic auth?

Best answer by ken.a

Hi @wambo0,

I believe it passes these credentials as a header to perform HTTP Basic Authentication. It does not do a POST request with the credentials.

Hopefully, this helps.

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ken.a
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  • September 2, 2024

Hi there @wambo0,

Welcome to the Community! 🎉

Before we dig deeper into this, would you mind sharing a detailed screenshot of how your Zap is configured?

Please don't include personal information in the screenshot, or be sure blur out any personal information.

Thanks!


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  • September 2, 2024

Screenshot attached. Very basic setup. Just want to know how the username & password is transmitted to the “Feed URL”


ken.a
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  • September 3, 2024

Hi there @wambo0,

You will only need to enter a username and password if the RSS you’re trying to use is a private feed. Other than that, you can just paste the URL in the “Feed URL” field.

Hopefully, this helps.


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  • September 3, 2024
ken.a wrote:

Hi there @wambo0,

You will only need to enter a username and password if the RSS you’re trying to use is a private feed. Other than that, you can just paste the URL in the “Feed URL” field.

Hopefully, this helps.

Understood. And that is my case. It is a private feed. I just want to know how the username & password functionality works. Does it do a POST request with the credentials to the feed? Or does it pass it as a header to do HTTP Basic Auth?


ken.a
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  • September 4, 2024

Hi @wambo0,

I believe it passes these credentials as a header to perform HTTP Basic Authentication. It does not do a POST request with the credentials.

Hopefully, this helps.


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  • September 5, 2024
ken.a wrote:

Hi @wambo0,

I believe it passes these credentials as a header to perform HTTP Basic Authentication. It does not do a POST request with the credentials.

Hopefully, this helps.

Thank you!!


ken.a
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  • September 12, 2024

You are most welcome @wambo0!

If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Community. We’re always happy to help! 🤗


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