Did you try putting the user name/password in the url?
i.e.
http://username:email@hidden.1.1/WL_ActiveTable.asp
Thanks,
jl
> Has anyone used XMLHttpRequest on a web page requiring password
> authentication? I can't get it to work. Would someone look over my
> code and see if I'm doing something obviously wrong?
>
> I have a Linksys router that I'm trying to pull information from to
> display in a widget. I started with Apple's Blank Widget, adding code
> to request a web page. It works fine with a normal (no password
> required). Running it in Dashboard does not work on the linksys
> page, even when sending the password in the XMLHttpRequest.open
> function. But when I open the .html file in Safari, it pops open a
> username/password box. I enter the password and it displays correctly.
>
> My BlankWidget.js is:
> -----
> function setup()
> {
> //target = "http://www.slashdot.org";;
> target = "http://192.168.1.1/WL_ActiveTable.asp";;
> loadXMLDoc(target);
> return 0;
> }
> function loadXMLDoc(url) {
> debug(url);
> xmlRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
> xmlRequest.setRequestHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
>
> xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = processReqChange;
>
> //xmlRequest.open("GET", url, true);
> xmlRequest.open("GET", url, true, "", "linksys");
> xmlRequest.send(null);
> }
>
> function processReqChange() {
> if (null == xmlRequest.readyState) {
> debug('readyState is null');
> return;
> }
>
> if (4 != xmlRequest.readyState) {
> debug('readyState is ' + xmlRequest.readyState);
> debug(xmlRequest.status);
> return;
> }
>
> debug('readyState is ' + xmlRequest.readyState);
> debug(xmlRequest.status);
> }
> -----
>
> Debug output:
> --> http://www.slashdot.org // normal, no password page -
> works correctly
> --> readyState is 1
> --> undefined
> --> readyState is 2
> --> 200
> --> readyState is 3
> --> 200
> --> readyState is 4
> --> 200
>
> --> http://192.168.1.1/WL_ActiveTable.asp // in Dashboard
> --> readyState is 1
> --> undefined
>
> --> http://192.168.1.1/WL_ActiveTable.asp // in Safari
> --> readyState is 1
> --> undefined // the Safari username/password popup
> happens here
> --> readyState is 2
> --> 200
> --> readyState is 3
> --> 200
> --> readyState is 4
> --> 200
> ----
>
> So it seems that adding a username/password to XMLHttpRequest.open
> does absolutely nothing. The linksys only uses the password, and
> ignores a username. Even changing the username above from "" to
> "ignoreme" has no effect.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Danny
>
>
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