# Cannot pass digest authentication

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-pass-digest-authentication/191525>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 13, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-pass-digest-authentication/191525 "2010-07-13T22:15:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexamat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@alexamat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alexamat)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-pass-digest-authentication/191525/1 "2010-07-13T22:15:34Z")

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I am implementing digest authentication. I copied example of  
authenticate\_or\_request\_with\_http\_digest and tried different approaches  
but I couldn’t pass the authentication. I always get 401 Unauthorized.

My code exactly from example.

Debugger shows that browser generated response and expected results do  
not match although all fields look OK.

Please help. It’s urgent.  
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