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

There are 3 ways to achieve this as shown below

Method 1:

var uName="abc";
var passwrd="pqr";

$.ajax({
    type: '{GET/POST}',
    url: '{urlpath}',
    headers: {
        "Authorization": "Basic " + btoa(uName+":"+passwrd);
    },
    success : function(data) {
      //Success block  
    },
   error: function (xhr,ajaxOptions,throwError){
    //Error block 
  },
});

Method 2:

var uName="abc";
var passwrd="pqr";

$.ajax({
    type: '{GET/POST}',
    url: '{urlpath}',
     beforeSend: function (xhr){ 
        xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', "Basic " + btoa(uName+":"+passwrd)); 
    },
    success : function(data) {
      //Success block 
   },
   error: function (xhr,ajaxOptions,throwError){
    //Error block 
  },
});

Method 3:

var uName="abc";
var passwrd="pqr";

$.ajax({
    type: '{GET/POST}',
    url: '{urlpath}',
    username:uName,
    password:passwrd, 
    success : function(data) {
    //Success block  
   },
    error: function (xhr,ajaxOptions,throwError){
    //Error block 
  },
});