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Issue #171 - Specify HTTP authentication for a single request. 

Updated documentation to show how it is done.

Signed-off-by: Simone Bordet <simone.bordet@gmail.com>
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@ -75,6 +75,17 @@ URI uri = URI.create("http://domain.com/secure");
auth.addAuthenticationResult(new BasicAuthentication.BasicResult(uri, "username", "password"));
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In this way, the original request is enriched by `HttpClient` immediately with the `Authorization` header, and the server should respond with a 200 and the resource content rather than with the 401 and the challenge.
In this way, requests for the given URI are enriched by `HttpClient` immediately with the `Authorization` header, and the server should respond with a 200 and the resource content rather than with the 401 and the challenge.
It is also possible to preempt the authentication for a single request only, in this way:
[source, java, subs="{sub-order}"]
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URI uri = URI.create("http://domain.com/secure");
Authentication.Result authn = new BasicAuthentication.BasicResult(uri, "username", "password")
Request request = httpClient.newRequest(uri);
authn.apply(request);
request.send();
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See also the link:#http-client-proxy-authentication[proxy authentication section] for further information about how authentication works with HTTP proxies.