[mythtv] Qt based replacement for wget

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Holger Buchfink wrote:

> Did some more reading - there are two methods, the Basic with simple
> username/passwd base64 encoded, and the slightly more complex Digest
> mode that uses challenge-response with MD5. Digest mode doesn't seem
> to be used very much, rumor has it that IE doesn't get along with it.
> Basic auth combined with SSL makes more sense in most cases anyway.
> That being said, Zap2it uses Digest auth. Good news is that I have
> both Basic and Digest auth working and can authenticate with Zap2it
> and download listings. Still have to merge it with existing httpcomms
> but that should be the easier part.


Bah!  Wished I'd waited a couple days.   I've also got digest working
here, but using a variation of that blocking http object.  Did you also
handle the proxy authentication case?