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Can AJAX submit credentials for Basic Authentication?

This might be a little bit of a stretch, but let's just assume that we need it to work this way:

  • I have an index.html file in the web root of a server. The javascript in that file needs to make an ajax request to /secure/ajax.php
  • Everything in the /secure/ directory is protected using Basic Authentication
  • I don't want to bother the user with logging in to the /secure/ section

Can I submit credentials for basic authentication with an AJAX request?

Solution

  • xmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader is your friend. 

    xhr.setRequestHeader("Authentication", "username:password in base64")

    you just need to convert username:password to base64