[Zope] httperf and basic authentication

[Thomas Guettler]

Dieter Maurer wrote:

>Thomas Guettler writes:
> > How can I get httperf (http perfomance tool) to get working with basic 
> > authentication?
> > Whicht headers do I need to set?
>Read the HTTP 1.1 spec.
>
>References and a short description can be found in
>
>  <http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/book/chap3.html>
>
OK, I found the solution:

in python:

import base64
print base64.encodestring("user:password").strip()
--> dXNlcjpwYXNzd29yZA==

(cygwin)
$ httperf.exe --server localhost --port 8080 --uri /manage_main 
--add-header 'A
uthorization: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNzd29yZA==\n'