Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of UserGuidelinesREST

Timestamp:

08/03/11 22:38:26 (14 years ago)

Author:

Fran Boon

Comment:

AJAX Basic Auth

UserGuidelinesREST

@@ -10 +10 @@
 
 Use pre-emptive authentication, when you need to login.
+=== AJAX ===
+
+Authenticate using:
+{{{
+function make_base_auth(user, password) {
+ var tok = user + ':' + pass;
+ var hash = Base64.encode(tok);
+ return 'Basic ' + hash;
+}
+
+var auth = make_basic_auth('username', 'password');
+var url = 'http://host.domain/eden/controller/function?vars';
+
+// RAW
+request = new XMLHttpRequest();
+request.setRequestHeader('Authorization', auth);
+request.open('PUT', url, true); // async=true
+request.send(bodyContent);
+
+// ExtJS
+Ext.Ajax.request({
+    url : url,
+    method : 'GET',
+    headers : { Authorization : auth }
+});
+
+// jQuery
+$.ajax({
+    url : url,
+    method : 'GET',
+    beforeSend : function(req) {
+        req.setRequestHeader('Authorization', auth);
+    }
+});
+}}}
+
+Thanks to:
+ * http://coderseye.com/2007/how-to-do-http-basic-auth-in-ajax.html
+
 === CURL ===
 For testing/PUT using CURL follow the example