Http Basic authorization

[pillar]

Hey, I am trying to make an AJAX call (GET) to a http site that uses Http Basic Authorization. It is able to do it, but it asks for the authorization every time.

Is it possible to send them in the http request and not have the phone prompt for them every time? I think this is a must feature for anyone to have the patience to use the application. Thanks.

[peppe@peppe.net]

Hey, I am trying to make an AJAX call (GET) to a http site that uses Http Basic Authorization. It is able to do it, but it asks for the authorization every time.

Is it possible to send them in the http request and not have the phone prompt for them every time? I think this is a must feature for anyone to have the patience to use the application. Thanks.

In principle you should be able to use the username and password arguments in the open() method of XHR as the function is defined as:

open(method, URL, async, userName, password)

If that fails you can try by doing the authentication directly. HTTP basic authentication is done by adding an HTTP header called "Authorization" to the request. The value of the header should be "Basic" plus a space plus a Base64-encoded string of the username and password concatenated together with a colon in between. i.e. the value for the HTTP header is "Basic " + base64(username + ":" + password). You can find many Base64 libs for JavaScript online with a quick Google search, e.g. at this URL (Disclaimer: I haven't tested the code so I can't certify that it does what it claims to do):
http://www.webtoolkit.info/javascript-base64.html

You will find the full specification for HTTP basic authentication here:
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.0/spec.html#BasicAA

Peppe

[pillar]

Thank you for the reply. I tried both of them, but didn't have any luck getting them to work. It still prompted for the authorization even when I added the header. Trying open method with username and password hanged the application.

When I get back home, I will make more extensive testing. In the meantime, if someone has reportedly managed to get those to work, please let us know!

[darroyo]

Try this URL in your get: http://<username>:<password>@<yoursite>.com/anything.html

[ferranhalden]

this is working!!!
My question is the following: if a send the wrong combination of username/password the framework will prompt the dialog for authorization. Is any possibility to avoid that dialog?

[wildabeast]

Would love to know if anyone has made progress on avoiding the authorization prompt when the initial authorization fails.

this is working!!!
My question is the following: if a send the wrong combination of username/password the framework will prompt the dialog for authorization. Is any possibility to avoid that dialog?

[loukas1984]

Some problem here with basic authentication on s60.

Seems to be a bug.

Can anybody help?