Http resources protected with basic authentication

Hi,

Why are the http resources protected with basic authentication not available anymore?
I get all the data from services with basic authentication to show in the application.
It doesn't make sense for the user to enter a username and password to use the application.

Thank you!

What resources are you talking about ?

I did a symbian web runtime app and I get the data with a javascript ajax call to a web service that has basic authentication.
This web service replies with a xml with the data I need and I parse it with javascript to show inside the app.

And excatly where in there are you having problems ?

Since the new update in Symbian Browser (Anna) when I open the application a login box opens to enter the username and password.
So the users can't access the application.

Hi,

Indeed there seems to be issue with the Browser 7.3.1.37 on passing username and password
[code]
xmlHttpReq.open("GET", url,true, user, pass); //does not work
[/code]

What you can do to workaround this problem is to generate Authorization header by yourself.

You'll need base64 encoded username and password pair separated by semicolon. I was using following library and it worked OK.
[url]http://www.webtoolkit.info/javascript-base64.html[/url]
[code]
var auth = Base64.encode(user+':'+pass);
[/code]

Then in XMLHttpRequest set custom Authorization Header and declare it to be "Basic" type.
[code]
xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic "+auth);
[/code]


Please note that in URL authentication support was dropped intentionally. If your widget was using it, please start using the workaround.
[url]http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/KIC001677_-_Automatic_HTTP/HTTPS_authentication_in_URLs_discontinued_in_Browser_7.3[/url]

Br,
Ilkka

Thanks a lot!
It worked really well!