# Help with NTLM Authentication and POST commands in 8.3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition83, scripting\ **Created:** [November 26, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-ntlm-authentication-and-post-commands-in-8-3/112465 "2025-11-26T20:49:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-ntlm-authentication-and-post-commands-in-8-3/112465/7 "2025-12-04T14:53:40Z")
As noted in other topics, this is supported in the Apache HTTP client jars that come with Ignition. Like this one: > [@Download document from SharePoint (NTLM Authentication)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/download-document-from-sharepoint-ntlm-authentication/69474/8): > > Thanks @Matthew.gaitan that was the last part I needed My final code: # Perform a basic HTTP Get to the provided URL using the NTLM auth in the function def DownloadFile(remoteFile, localFile): from org.apache.http.auth import AuthScope from org.apache.http.auth import NTCredentials from org.apache.http.client.methods import HttpGet from org.apache.http.impl.client import DefaultHttpClient from org.apache.http.impl.client import BasicResponseHandler from org.apache.http.entity import Co… Your code is missing something or doing something wrong and it isn't clear based on what you've shared. Your IT department is simply wrong. Use a packet capture to compare to working requests so you can see the differences. I would suspect some aspect of how your gateway service account is set up, but the possibilities are endless. (Are you running your Python3 test code in a service with the same account as Ignition? Desktop and service environments are different.) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-ntlm-authentication-and-post-commands-in-8-3/112465)._