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

No, there isn't. XMLHTTPRequest doesn't allow you to override that. Being able to override SSL security might make sense in your case, but if you think about it, it would be a bad idea in general. You'd never want to allow arbitrary javascript code on the internet to connect to a supposedly secure service that the js host (the browser) knows has a possible MITM issue.