New --auth-type NTLM per https://github.com/jkbr/httpie/issues/76

[hickford]

New --auth-type NTLM per #76

This does authentication with the end server. It doesn't help if you want to NTLM-authenticate with the proxy, which is separate issue #159

[hickford]

If you have a Windows computer, you can test this feature. Install IIS Express, then change the out-the-box sample site 'WebSite1' to demand Windows authentication and refuse everything else. This is not uncommon for a corporate intranet site.

Edit Documents/IIS Express/applicationhost.config

<authentication>
    <anonymousAuthentication enabled="false" userName="" />
    <basicAuthentication enabled="false" />
    <clientCertificateMappingAuthentication enabled="false" />
    <digestAuthentication enabled="false" />
    <iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication enabled="false">
    </iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication>
    <windowsAuthentication enabled="true">
        <providers>
            <add value="Negotiate" />
            <add value="NTLM" />
        </providers>
    </windowsAuthentication>

Run iisexpress.exe

Successfully registered URL "http://localhost:8080/" for site "WebSite1" application "/"

Browse there in say Chrome and hit 'cancel' when it asks you to authenticate

HTTP Error 401.2 - Unauthorized
You are not authorized to view this page due to invalid authentication headers.

Similarly with httpie

> http --headers get localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

Suppose your Windows computer is called trinity, your user account matt and your password potatoes. Try the site again in Chrome. Enter the user name in the form trinity\\matt you should be able to log in.

HTTPie's Basic auth doesn't work, even with the correct credentials

> http --auth trinity\\matt:p0tatoes --headers get localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

But try again with new --auth-type NTLM

>http --auth-type NTLM --auth trinity\\matt:p0tatoes --headers get localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Wahey!

[jkbrzt]

Thanks @matt-hickford! I'm almost done with a simple plugin architecture though and it will be very easy to add this a plugin. Please follow #166.

[jkbrzt]

Current master now supports auth plugins. NTLM plugin: https://github.com/jkbr/httpie-ntlm

[hickford]

@jkbr great thanks. I like your plugin API.