Fixes #16936 - Digest authentication not working in uri module (#18736)

lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py

@@ -825,9 +825,11 @@ def open_url(url, data=None, headers=None, method=None, use_proxy=True,
             # use this username/password combination for  urls
             # for which `theurl` is a super-url
             authhandler = urllib_request.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(passman)
+            digest_authhandler = urllib_request.HTTPDigestAuthHandler(passman)
 
             # create the AuthHandler
             handlers.append(authhandler)
+            handlers.append(digest_authhandler)
 
         elif username and force_basic_auth:
             headers["Authorization"] = basic_auth_header(username, password)

test/integration/targets/uri/tasks/main.yml

@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@
     user: user
     password: passwd
 
+- name: test digest auth
+  uri:
+    url: 'http://{{ httpbin_host }}/digest-auth/auth/user/passwd'
+    user: user
+    password: passwd
+    HEADER_Cookie: "fake=fake_value"
+
 - name: test PUT
   uri:
     url: 'http://{{ httpbin_host }}/put'