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# HTTP Request Options

You can use the following configuration parameters to configure HTTP requests sent by the connector to the data repository:

Parameter | Type | Default | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
AcceptCompressedEncodings | Boolean | True | Specifies whether to accept compressed responses to HTTP requests.
BasicOnAuthenticate | Boolean | False | Specifies whether to delay authentication until credentials are requested.
BasicPassword | String |  | The password to use to access resources protected by basic authentication.
BasicUsername | String |  | The user name to use to access resources protected by basic authentication.
DigestPassword | String |  | The password to use to access resources protected by HTTP Digest authentication.
DigestUsername | String |  | The user name to use to access resources protected by HTTP Digest authentication.
EnableHTTPTrace | Boolean | False | Specifies whether to log information for troubleshooting the connection.
EnableHTTPTraceTimestamps | Boolean | False | Specifies whether to add timestamps to the HTTP trace log file, every time the data transfer direction changes.
EnableKerberos | Boolean | False | Specifies whether to use Kerberos authentication.
GSSName | String |  | The file name of the GSS library. This library is required to use Kerberos authentication.
GSSPath | String |  | The path to the folder that contains the GSS library. This library is required to use Kerberos authentication.
HttpConnectTimeout | Time Duration | 60s | The maximum amount of time to wait for the server to respond when establishing a connection.
HttpReadTimeout | Time Duration | 60s | The maximum amount of time to wait to receive data.
NTLMPassword | String |  | The password to use to access resources protected by NTLM authentication.
NTLMUsername | String |  | The user name to use to access resources protected by NTLM authentication.
ProxyHost | String |  | The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use.
ProxyPassword | String |  | The password to use to authenticate with the proxy server.
ProxyPort | Integer |  | The port of the proxy server to use.
ProxyUsername | String |  | The user name to use to authenticate with the proxy server.
SSLConfig | String | The current section | The name of a section in the configuration file that contains the SSL settings to use.
UseNTLMv2 | Boolean | False | Specifies whether to use NTLM version 2, rather than NTLM version 1.
UserAgent | String |  | The value to use for the `User-Agent` request header.
UseSpnego | Boolean | False | Specifies whether to use the SPNEGO protocol to decide which type of authentication to use.
UseSystemProxy | Boolean | False | A Boolean value that specifies whether to obtain details about your HTTP proxy from the system.

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Version 26.1 | Last updated January 2026

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Product: Knowledge Discovery RSS Connector 26.1

Topic Title: HTTP Request Options