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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-15354

QNetworkRequest ignores QUrl::password() when QUrl::userName() contains a whitespace

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      When creating a QNetworkRequest from a QUrl that contains a userInfo, it automatically triggers an HTTP Basic Auth. As long as the user name contains no whitespaces, everything works fine:

      QNetworkRequest req(QUrl("http://TestUser:testpw@localhost/"));

... start the request ...

(Server receives user name "TestUser" and password "testpw")

      However, when the QUrl::userName() contains a whitespace, an empty password is transmitted to the server:

      QNetworkRequest req(QUrl("http://Test%20User:testpw@localhost/"));

... start the request ...

(Server receives user name "TestUser" and password "")

      I'm currently using the following workaround, providing the "Authorization" header by hand:

      QNetworkRequest req(QUrl("http://localhost/"));
req.setRawHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + QByteArray("Test User:testpw").toBase64());

... start the request ...

(Server receives user name "TestUser" and password "testpw")

      But I don't think this is the intended way of providing authorization.

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            xizzhu Xizhi Zhu (Steven)
            vog Volker Grabsch
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