Apache HttpClient (4.1 and newer): how to do basic authentication?

Question

How do I add basic authentication for the default client of the httpClient library? I have seen examples where they use client.getCredentialProvider(), however I th

Answer 1

We do basic authentication with HttpClient, but we do not use CredentialProvider. Here's the code:

HttpClient client = factory.getHttpClient(); //or any method to get a client instance
Credentials credentials = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(username, password);
client.getState().setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, credentials);

UPDATE: A stated in the comments, the HttpClient.getState() methos is available in version 3.x of the API. However, newer versions of the API doesn't support that method.