Javascript XMLHttpRequest: Ignore invalid SSL Certificate

Question

so I have been having trouble with grabbing information from a device that is interfaced with via https due to the fact that it has an invalid security certificate. I know the

Answer 1

Well I had found this solution before but it didn't work, this was because I was still using actual XMLHttpRequest though. When creating it using this statement:

httpreq = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP.3.0");

There is a method called setOption that is opened up for use:

httpreq.setOption(2, 13056);

With those parameters, the request now ignores the invalid certificate and grabs the information anyway. If I understand correctly this won't work with any non-Microsoft technology trying to run the script, but that's ok for the scope of my project.