Controlling VLC player with http requests

[vadimatp]

I would like to control VLC player from a webpage with javascript. So far I've learn that it may be done using http requests. I've got two problems so far.
1. When I go to localhost:8080, I see base http authantication popup. This problem is talked about throughout the forum, but I can't find exact solution anywhere... What is username and password or where should I set them (in the player)?
2. What are the addresses? Should I use GET or POST requests? So far I've found only that people use /status.xml. Can I find it in documentation? I've found just this page https://wiki.videolan.org/Web_Interface/ which is not very helpful.

Thank you.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

1. in preferences.
2. https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_HTTP_requests/