REXML::ParseException parsing 401 Unauthorized response body

[marcoshack]

Should savon cares about the body of a 401 status response? I believe the parsing exception [1] is preventing the client to authenticate, but the body content is completely useless here, right?

Best,
Marcos Hack.

[1] http://gist.github.com/278088

[rubiii]

i don't think the exception prevents you from authentication. it's actually raised much later. so by looking at the debug output and seeing your server returning a 401, i don't think you're passing any authentication credentials.

please take a look at the document or specs:
http://wiki.github.com/rubiii/savon/request
http://github.com/rubiii/savon/blob/master/spec/integration/http_basic_auth_spec.rb

talking about the exception: i added a fix for this problem to the current dev branch:
http://github.com/rubiii/savon/commit/9650dc1168e7ab1cfbcbeca7f1a03d8fea179fca

this fix will be included in the next release and i'll leave the issue open until it's available.

[rubiii]

released version 0.7.2 including a fix for this issue.