Today I implemented a javax.ws.rs.client.ClientRequestFilter for a form based authentication. The FormAuthenticator class can be used in combination with a javax.ws.rs.client.Client to interact, for example, with a rest api secured by a login form. Such a login form in Java EE typically uses the request URI ‘/j_security_check‘ with the form input fields ‘j_username’ and ‘j_password‘. As a result of a successful login the browser stores a cookie named “JSESSIONID” which need to be send with every request.
The request filter can be added to a javax.ws.rs.Client like this:
....
// create a javax.ws.rs.client
client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
// create new formAuthenticator
FormAuthenticator formAuthFilter = new FormAuthenticator(rest_api_url,
userid, password);
// register the filter...
client.register(formAuthFilter);
// now you can GET, POST, ....
....
You cam find the source code of this filter class on GitHub.
If you have any ideas for improvements your comments are welcome!