HTTP Basic Authentication for a Specific URL

[anjanesh]

AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /path/.htpasswd
<Limit POST PUT>
  Require valid-user
</Limit>

<Files ~ "^\.ht">
  Order allow,deny
  Deny from all
</Files>

I need this to work only for a particular URL, not the entire directory.

[jdMorgan]

Access control is per-directory. So you will have to put the protected *file* into the protected directory, then use mod_rewrite to detect requests for the original (not-in-a-directory) *URL*, and rewrite that request transparently to the *file* in the protected directory.

Jim

[anjanesh]

So you will have to put the protected *file* into the protected directory

This is based on a standard platform (magento), so cant move things around.

Actual URL would be [yourserver.com...]
and
[yourserver.com...]
if mod_rewrite is enabled.

I was hoping this would work.

<Files "https://yourserver.com/googlecheckout/api/">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Google Checkout"
AuthUserFile /path/.htpasswd
<Limit POST PUT>
  Require valid-user
</Limit>
</Files>