XMLHttpRequest/send-authentication-basic-setrequestheader.htm

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    <title>XMLHttpRequest: send() - "Basic" authenticated request using setRequestHeader()</title>
    <script src="/resources/testharness.js"></script>
    <script src="/resources/testharnessreport.js"></script>
    <!-- These spec references do not make much sense simply because the spec doesn't say very much about this.. -->
    <link rel="help" href="http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/xhr/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#the-setrequestheader()-method" data-tested-assertations="following::ol[1]/li[6]" />
    <link rel="help" href="http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/xhr/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#the-send()-method" data-tested-assertations="following::code[contains(@title,'http-authorization')]/.." />
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    <div id="log"></div>
    <script>
      var test = async_test()
      test.step(function() {
        var client = new XMLHttpRequest(),
          urlstart = location.host + location.pathname.replace(/\/[^\/]*$/, '/')
        client.open("GET", location.protocol+'//'+urlstart + "resources/auth2/auth.php", false)
        client.setRequestHeader("x-user", 'user')
        client.setRequestHeader("x-pass", 'pass')
        client.setRequestHeader('Authorization', 'Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz')
        client.onreadystatechange = function () {
          if (client.readyState < 4) {return}
          test.step( function () {
            assert_equals(client.responseText, 'user\npass')
            assert_equals(client.status, 200)
            assert_equals(client.getResponseHeader('x-challenge'), 'DID-NOT')
            test.done()
          } )
        }
        client.send(null) 
      })
    </script>
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