HttpClient have both SSL and Proxy authentication configured? - apache-commons-httpclient

Question

I have two pieces of code using HttpClient,
First part in case that the end point requires SSL
Second is proxy connection with basic authentication
My question Is how can I make this code conditional so in cases i have SSL + Proxy or SSL only
I have hard time figuring out how to set the default credentials for example after I created the client using the client in the SSL part
.setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credsProvider)
This part is how I create the Client when I need SSL
CloseableHttpClient client = null;
if(conf.isUseSslConfig()) {
SSLContext sslcontext = SSLContexts.custom()
.loadTrustMaterial(new File(conf.getTrustStoreLocation()), conf.getTrustStorePassword().toCharArray(), new TrustSelfSignedStrategy()).build();
// Allow protocols
SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslsf = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslcontext,conf.getTlsVersions(), null,
SSLConnectionSocketFactory.getDefaultHostnameVerifier());
client = HttpClients.custom().setSSLSocketFactory(sslsf).build();
}else {
client= HttpClients.createDefault();
}
And this part is how I create the Client when I need Proxy authentication:
if(conf.isUseProxyConfig()){
CredentialsProvider credsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
credsProvider.setCredentials(
new AuthScope("fakeProxy.xerox.com", 80),
new UsernamePasswordCredentials("xeroxUser","fakePassword123"));
HttpClients.custom()
.setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credsProvider).build();
}
So the bottom line is how to make the two sections work together so in case
Call with SSL + Proxy and authentication
Call with only SSL
Call with only Proxy and authentication

Answer 1

You can write code this way to get multiple conditions resolved :
CloseableHttpClient client = null;
if(conf.isUseSslConfig() && conf.isUseProxyConfig()) {
setSSLSetting(client);
setProxy()
}else if(conf.isUseSslConfig()) {
setSSLSetting(client);
}else {
client= HttpClients.createDefault();
}
private void setProxy(){
CredentialsProvider credsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
credsProvider.setCredentials(new AuthScope("fakeProxy.xerox.com", 80),new UsernamePasswordCredentials("xeroxUser","fakePassword123"));
}
private void setSSLSetting(CloseableHttpClient client){
SSLContext sslcontext = SSLContexts.custom()
.loadTrustMaterial(new File(conf.getTrustStoreLocation()), conf.getTrustStorePassword().toCharArray(), new TrustSelfSignedStrategy()).build();
// Allow protocols
SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslsf = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslcontext,conf.getTlsVersions(), null,
SSLConnectionSocketFactory.getDefaultHostnameVerifier());
client = HttpClients.custom().setSSLSocketFactory(sslsf).build();
}
or you can create methods that return client with different settings and configs like this :
final Registry<ConnectionSocketFactory> registry = RegistryBuilder.<ConnectionSocketFactory>create().register("http", new PlainConnectionSocketFactory()).register("https", sslsf).build();
final PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager cm = new PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager(registry);
private CloseableHttpClient createHttpClient(String headerName, String value) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException,KeyStoreException {
SSLContextBuilder builder = new SSLContextBuilder();
builder.loadTrustMaterial(null, new TrustSelfSignedStrategy());
Header header = new BasicHeader(headerName,value);
List<Header> headers = new ArrayList<>();
headers.add(header);
RequestConfig reqConfig = RequestConfig.custom().setConnectionRequestTimeout(long milli seconds).build();
CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.custom().
setDefaultHeaders(headers).
setDefaultRequestConfig(reqConfig).
setConnectionManager(cm).
build();
return httpclient;
}