How to open a file with http authentication with a macro (conveniently)

[Shane1]

I have written a macro to open an xml file which is protected by http authentication in calc -

dim sURL as string 
dim oArgs(0) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
dim oDocStatus as object
dim oihandler 
oihandler = createUnoService("com.sun.star.task.InteractionHandler")
sURL = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/requests/status.xml"
oArgs(0).Name = "InteractionHandler"
oArgs(0).Value = oihandler
oDocStatus = StarDesktop.loadComponentFromURL(sURL, "_default", 0, oArgs)

This works fine except that each time I run it -

1. I have to key in my user name / password in an Authentication Required window
2. I have to click OK on the subsequent “Text Import” window.

How could I improve this macro to avoid repetitively doing these actions?
(removing http authentication from the xml page is not possible)

[Waraqa]

If it’s a standard http authentication, you can try to add it to the url this way:
http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@127.0.0.1:8080/requests/status.xml

[Shane1]

I tried that and recieved an error - BASIC runtime error.
An exception occurred
Type: com.sun.star.lang.IllegalArgumentException
Message: Unsupported URL http://user:pass@127.0.0.1:8080/requests/status.xml.

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