WinINet: HttpSendRequest() returning "invalid url"?

[dxfoo]

After HttpSendRequest() fails, GetLastError() is returning 12005 ("invalid url"). I checked the url/password/username outside of this application and it is working fine. Any idea what could be causing this? The url I'm trying to download is a .png. This is an url example similar to mine: "http://www.mysite.com/credentialsrequired/mypic.png". A similar function downloads the image fine, but this one requires authentication and I can't seem to figure this one out. Any help would be great.

bool X3DNet_DownloadFile(const char *url, const char *filename,
						 bool binary, const char *username, 
						 const char *password)
{
	HINTERNET hOpenHandle, hResourceHandle, hConnectHandle;
	DWORD dwError, dwStatus;
	DWORD dwStatusSize = sizeof(dwStatus);
	DWORD dwUserNameLength = strlen(username);
	DWORD dwPasswordLength = strlen(password);
	char buffer[1024]; 
	char sUserName[80];
	char sPassword[80];
	FILE *fout = NULL;  
	DWORD dwRead; 

	strcpy(sUserName, username);
	strcpy(sPassword, password);

	// Start the internet session
	hOpenHandle = InternetOpen("auth", 
		INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, NULL, NULL, 0);
	if (hOpenHandle == NULL) {  
		X3DUtil_Log("Starting the internet session failed.");
		return false;
	}

	// Connect to url. 
	hConnectHandle = InternetConnect(hOpenHandle, url, 
		INTERNET_INVALID_PORT_NUMBER, NULL, NULL, INTERNET_SERVICE_HTTP, 0, 0);
	if (hConnectHandle == NULL) {
		X3DNet_CloseHandle(hOpenHandle); 
		return false;
	}

	// Open the Request
	hResourceHandle = HttpOpenRequest(hConnectHandle, "GET", 
		url, NULL,
		NULL, NULL, INTERNET_FLAG_KEEP_CONNECTION, 0);
	if (hResourceHandle == NULL) 
	{
		X3DNet_CloseHandle(hOpenHandle); 
		return false;
	}

	// Send Request
	if (!HttpSendRequest(hResourceHandle, NULL, 0, NULL, 0))
	{
		if (GetLastError() == 12005) 
		{
			X3DNet_CloseHandle(hOpenHandle);
			X3DNet_CloseHandle(hResourceHandle);
			X3DUtil_Log("URL is invalid.");
			return false;
		}  
	}

	// Retreive State
	if (!HttpQueryInfo(hResourceHandle, HTTP_QUERY_FLAG_NUMBER |
		HTTP_QUERY_STATUS_CODE, &dwStatus, &dwStatusSize, NULL)) 
	{
		X3DNet_CloseHandle(hOpenHandle);
		X3DNet_CloseHandle(hResourceHandle);
		X3DNet_CloseHandle(hConnectHandle);
		return false;
	}

	// Proxy Authentication Required
	if ((dwStatus == HTTP_STATUS_PROXY_AUTH_REQ) || (dwStatus == HTTP_STATUS_DENIED))
	{
		if (!InternetSetOption(hResourceHandle, INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY_USERNAME, 
			sUserName, dwUserNameLength + 1))
			return false;

		if (!InternetSetOption(hResourceHandle, INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY_PASSWORD,
			sPassword, dwPasswordLength + 1))
			return false;
	}

	// Open local file in binary or character. 
	fout = fopen(filename, ((binary) ? "wb" : "w"));
	if (fout == NULL)
		return false;

	// Read in the file. 
	while (InternetReadFile(hResourceHandle, buffer, 1023, &dwRead))
	{
		if (dwRead == 0)
			break;

		buffer[dwRead] = 0;
		fwrite(buffer, dwRead, 1, fout);
	}

	// Close resources.
	X3DNet_CloseHandle(hOpenHandle);
	X3DNet_CloseHandle(hResourceHandle);
	X3DNet_CloseHandle(hConnectHandle);
	fclose(fout);

	return true;
}

[dxfoo]

I got it. I didn't know authentication can happen in a single string such as the following: http://username[email protected]/auth/img.png

Works rather well and much less complex