java webservices basic auth username password WebServiceException: Failed to access the WSDL Server returned HTTP response code 401

in my post java webservices wsimport - parsing WSDL [ERROR] Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://?wsdl needs authorization

i explained how i got an authentication error when trying to create webservices client code using wsimport and how i fixed the problem.

when i tried using the code to test my webservice i got a similar error when running my test code:

Exception in thread "main" javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException: Failed to access the WSDL at: http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl. It failed with:
    Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl.
    at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.parser.RuntimeWSDLParser.tryWithMex(RuntimeWSDLParser.java:151)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.parser.RuntimeWSDLParser.parse(RuntimeWSDLParser.java:133)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.WSServiceDelegate.parseWSDL(WSServiceDelegate.java:254)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.WSServiceDelegate.<init>(WSServiceDelegate.java:217)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.client.WSServiceDelegate.<init>(WSServiceDelegate.java:165)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.ProviderImpl.createServiceDelegate(ProviderImpl.java:93)
    at javax.xml.ws.Service.<init>(Service.java:76)
    at com.myapp.test.wservice3.server3.AdminWebServiceService.<init>(AdminWebServiceService.java:46)
    at com.myapp.test.wservice3.server3.Test.main(Test.java:8)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 401 for URL: http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl
    at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1403)
    at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1031)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.parser.RuntimeWSDLParser.createReader(RuntimeWSDLParser.java:793)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.parser.RuntimeWSDLParser.resolveWSDL(RuntimeWSDLParser.java:251)
    at com.sun.xml.internal.ws.wsdl.parser.RuntimeWSDLParser.parse(RuntimeWSDLParser.java:118)
    ... 7 more


it's basically the same error i got when running wsimport because the service requires authentication to fix the problem i had to insert authorization code into the service.

here's a sample of the webservice code generated by wsimport in AdminWebServiceService:
static {
    URL url = null;
    try {
        URL baseUrl;
        baseUrl = com.myapp.test.wservice3.server3.AdminWebServiceService.class.getResource(".");
        url = new URL(baseUrl, "http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl");
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
        logger.warning("Failed to create URL for the wsdl Location: 'http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl', retrying as a local file");
        logger.warning(e.getMessage());
    }
    ADMINWEBSERVICESERVICE_WSDL_LOCATION = url;
}
 

to get things rolling i had to make the code look like this:
static {
    Authenticator.setDefault(new Authenticator() {
     @Override
     protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
       return new PasswordAuthentication(
         "myusername",
         "mypassword".toCharArray());
     }
    });
    URL url = null;
    try {
        URL baseUrl;
        baseUrl = com.myapp.test.wservice3.server3.AdminWebServiceService.class.getResource(".");
        url = new URL(baseUrl, "http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl");
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
        logger.warning("Failed to create URL for the wsdl Location: 'http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl', retrying as a local file");
        logger.warning(e.getMessage());
    }
    ADMINWEBSERVICESERVICE_WSDL_LOCATION = url;
}

posts that helped me figure this out:
http://www.xinotes.org/notes/note/1081/
http://etfdevlab.blogspot.no/2009/12/http-basic-authentication-with-jax-ws.html

in the last post it mentions putting the Authenticator code in the constructor, but that wasn't the case for my code generated by wsimport. i had to put the Authenticator code into the static block at the top of the webservice service class.






 

here's what the full webservice service class code looks like:

package com.myapp.test.wservice3.server3;

import java.net.Authenticator;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.PasswordAuthentication;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.ws.Service;
import javax.xml.ws.WebEndpoint;
import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceClient;
import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceFeature;

@WebServiceClient(name = "AdminWebServiceService", targetNamespace = "http://server3.wservice3", wsdlLocation = "http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl")
public class AdminWebServiceService
    extends Service
{

    private final static URL ADMINWEBSERVICESERVICE_WSDL_LOCATION;
    private final static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(com.myapp.test.wservice3.server3.AdminWebServiceService.class.getName());

    static {
        Authenticator.setDefault(new Authenticator() {
            @Override
            protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
              return new PasswordAuthentication(
                "myusername",
                "mypassword".toCharArray());
            }
           });
        URL url = null;
        try {
            URL baseUrl;
            baseUrl = com.myapp.test.wservice3.server3.AdminWebServiceService.class.getResource(".");
            url = new URL(baseUrl, "http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl");
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            logger.warning("Failed to create URL for the wsdl Location: 'http://localhost:9001/wservice3/services/AdminWebService?wsdl', retrying as a local file");
            logger.warning(e.getMessage());
        }
        ADMINWEBSERVICESERVICE_WSDL_LOCATION = url;
    }

    public AdminWebServiceService(URL wsdlLocation, QName serviceName) {
        super(wsdlLocation, serviceName);
    }

    public AdminWebServiceService() {
        super(ADMINWEBSERVICESERVICE_WSDL_LOCATION, new QName("http://server3.wservice3", "AdminWebServiceService"));
    }
 
    @WebEndpoint(name = "AdminWebService")
    public AdminWebService getAdminWebService() {
        return super.getPort(new QName("http://server3.wservice3", "AdminWebService"), AdminWebService.class);
    }

    @WebEndpoint(name = "AdminWebService")
    public AdminWebService getAdminWebService(WebServiceFeature... features) {
        return super.getPort(new QName("http://server3.wservice3", "AdminWebService"), AdminWebService.class, features);
    }
}


and here's what my test class looks like that calls the webservice:

package com.myapp.test.wservice3.server3;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        AdminWebServiceService awss = new AdminWebServiceService();
        AdminWebService aws = awss.getAdminWebService();
        System.out.println(aws.maxIdFromMessageCounter());
    }
}