[MGNLFORUM-137] RSS feeds with authentication ? Created: 05/Jan/11  Updated: 04/Nov/15  Resolved: 04/Nov/15

Status: Closed
Project: Forum (closed)
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Ideas

Type: Improvement Priority: Neutral
Reporter: Magnolia International Assignee: Magnolia International
Resolution: Won't Do Votes: 1
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 Description   

Currently feeds are relying on a virtual uri rewrite, so even passing credentials in the url does not work for forums that require authentication.
How do other systems do this ?

Netnewswire allows users to add username/password to the feed (using http simple auth I believe), but unfortunately, hitting a protected feed returns a blank page. Perhaps returning a 401 http code would do ?



 Comments   
Comment by Christian Hauser [ 14/Jun/11 ]

Use and accept URI authentication:

http://[username]:[password]@[domain]/[path]

For our forum if possible under HTTPS.

Comment by Christian Hauser [ 30/Sep/11 ]

On Windows Server 2003 and Windows 7:

The rssForum doesn't feeds any rss client, as the HTTP response is 200 but empty. All Forum which are protected and need a login as 'Internal' and 'Partner' are affected. Open forums are processed correct.
http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/rssForum/9f410cdd-c2a1-45d9-8585-99bac540c24e

The rssThread delivers a feed on a protected thread in the browser readers while you're logged in. It will not read further feeds. In all other RSS reader rssThread response with an empty body, as above.
http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/rssThread/f036977c-6c88-4841-8d5f-04c1d922df8c

Reproduce: Use any Windows, use any browser login to http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/forum.html and click the RSS icons on the different level.

On Mac OS 10.6:

The 'Internal' rssForum doesn't feeds any rss client, as the HTTP response is 200 but empty. Forum which are protected and need a login are affected. Open forums and the 'Partner' forum are processed correct.
http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/rssForum/9f410cdd-c2a1-45d9-8585-99bac540c24e

Comment by Magnolia International [ 07/Oct/11 ]

To reiterate, this is really due to MGNLRSSAGG-31, which will require changes to Magnolia core to be fixed properly. If I get time, I'll work on this and perhaps a patch for 4.5 is feasible.

Comment by Christoph Meier [ 09/Dec/13 ]

Moved from fix to version 4.0 to Ideas.

Comment by Michael Mühlebach [ 04/Nov/15 ]

Given the thousands of other issues we have open that are more highly requested, we won't be able to address this issue in the foreseeable future. Instead we will focus on issues with a higher impact, and more votes.
Thanks for taking the time to raise this issue. As you are no doubt aware this issue has been on our backlog for some time now with very little movement.
I'm going to close this to set expectations so the issue doesn't stay open for years with few updates. If the issue is still relevant please feel free to reopen it or create a new issue.

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