Transferring security context to newly created QWebView windows

Below is some code that illustrates a problem I've been having for several
months now.  I've got a widget based on the QWebView that needs to be able
to open pop-up windows (e.g., links with target="_blank" or javascript
window.open() calls) in a password-protected context.

I can get the windows created just fine by overriding createWindow, but
the security credentials are not transferred over.  In "real" web browsers
(firefox/chrome/opera/rekonq/etc), once authenticated any subsequent
windows in the security context work fine.  How do I recreate this behavior
in a QWebView?

See example code:

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# Begin Code Example #
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from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
from PyQt4.QtWebKit import *
import sys

class mybrowser(QWebView):

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super(mybrowser, self).__init__(parent)
        url = QUrl ("http://www.alandmoore.com/wwwtest")
        url.setUserName("test")
        url.setPassword("test123")
        self.load(url)

    def createWindow(self, type):
        self.w = mybrowser()
        self.w.show()
        return self.w

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    w = mybrowser()
    w.show()
    app.exec_()

####################
# End Code Example #
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Realized I forgot to mention what this code does.

It opens a password-protected page which contains a link to another page
in the same password-protected folder and opens up in a new window.

The expected behavior is that the second page will open fine, since
we're already authenticated to the security context.  The actual
behavior is that you get a 403 error.

Please, I've been trying to figure this out for a long time, if anyone
can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

On 06/13/2012 02:14 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

> Below is some code that illustrates a problem I've been having for several
> months now.  I've got a widget based on the QWebView that needs to be able
> to open pop-up windows (e.g., links with target="_blank" or javascript
> window.open() calls) in a password-protected context.
>
> I can get the windows created just fine by overriding createWindow, but
> the security credentials are not transferred over.  In "real" web browsers
> (firefox/chrome/opera/rekonq/etc), once authenticated any subsequent
> windows in the security context work fine.  How do I recreate this behavior
> in a QWebView?
>
> See example code:
>
> ######################
> # Begin Code Example #
> ######################
>
> from PyQt4.QtCore import *
> from PyQt4.QtGui import *
> from PyQt4.QtWebKit import *
> import sys
>
> class mybrowser(QWebView):
>
>      def __init__(self, parent=None):
>          super(mybrowser, self).__init__(parent)
>          url = QUrl ("http://www.alandmoore.com/wwwtest")
>          url.setUserName("test")
>          url.setPassword("test123")
>          self.load(url)
>
>      def createWindow(self, type):
>          self.w = mybrowser()
>          self.w.show()
>          return self.w
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>      app = QApplication(sys.argv)
>      w = mybrowser()
>      w.show()
>      app.exec_()
>
> ####################
> # End Code Example #
> ####################
>
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