Use basic authentication with jQuery and Ajax

Question

I am trying to create a basic authentication through the browser, but I can\'t really get there.

If this script won\'t be here the browser authentication will take o

Answer 1

Use the jQuery ajaxSetup function, that can set up default values for all ajax requests.

$.ajaxSetup({
  headers: {
    'Authorization': "Basic XXXXX"
  }
});