http_passwd

Background

This optional parameter can be used to specify a password for a website which requires HTTP basic authentication to access the content. This can then be used by the web crawler to crawl these types of sites. The user name is set by http_user.

Setting the key

Set this configuration key in the search package or data source configuration.

Use the configuration key editor to add or edit the http_passwd key, and set the value. This can be set to any valid ConfigPassword value.

Default value

http_user=

Examples

http_user=fred
http_passwd=i,forget