[Qgis-user] WMS with https - not authenticating with server

[Vincent Hussey]

Hi,
Does QGIS support ssl with basic authentication?  My service provider is
using an address of the form
https://path/to/webmapservice?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&version=1.1.1
with a username and password and I am not able to connect.

Looking at the source, in
http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/browser/trunk/qgis/src/providers/wms/qgswmsprovider.cpp
I see the code below, which suggests to me that https:// is not
supported. Am I correct in this?  If I am not correct in this, can
someone point me toward a solution?

Thanks

Vincent Hussey

86      // URL may contain username/password information for a WMS
87      // requiring authentication. In this case the URL is prefixed
88      // with username=user,password=pass,url=http://xxx.xxx.xx/yyy...
89      parseUri( uri );
90   
91      QgsDebugMsg( "constructing with uri '" + httpuri + "'." );
92   
93      // assume this is a valid layer until we determine otherwise
94      valid = true;
95   
96   
97      // URL can be in 3 forms:
98      // 1) http://xxx.xxx.xx/yyy/yyy
99      // 2) http://xxx.xxx.xx/yyy/yyy?
100      // 3) http://xxx.xxx.xx/yyy/yyy?zzz=www
101   
102      mBaseUrl = prepareUri( httpuri );
103   
104      mSupportedGetFeatureFormats = QStringList() << "text/html" <<
"text/plain" << "text/xml";
105   
106      QgsDebugMsg( "mBaseUrl = " + mBaseUrl );
107   
108      QgsDebugMsg( "exiting constructor." );
109    }
110   
111    void QgsWmsProvider::parseUri( QString uri )
112    {
113      // Strip off and store the user name and password (if they exist)
114      if ( !uri.startsWith( " http:" ) )


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Vincent Hussey
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