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Posted: **22 Oct 2013 23:06**

Hi,
I'm developing a remote controll app (based on HTML / Javascript) for the vlc. It was working fine, until I updated to 2.1.0, which now requires a password. It's a very good thing, but I have no clue how to pass that password via Javascript-Ajax-call. I'm using jQuery to help me.

I would be grateful for any help. I saw https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=114601, but that's PHP and I'm not entirely sure how to transfer that to Javascript.

Thank you in advanced,
blck

Posted: **24 Oct 2013 22:56**

Hey,
I figured it our. Here is a code snipplet, that worked for me:

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checkConnection = function(id, folder){
	//test user settings
	$.ajax({
		url: 'http://' + data.ip + ":" + data.port + '/requests/status.xml',
		beforeSend : function(xhr) {
			if(data.authorization !== undefined){
				xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + "username:password");
                                //you can leave the username out, so that it looks like that:    ":password" 
                                //you need the : though and the combination needs to be Base64 encoded
			}
		},
		success: function (data, status, jqXHR) {
	
		},
		error: function(data){

		}
	});
};

Posted: **24 Feb 2014 15:41**

Hi,

i am using Version 2.1.3 and tried:

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checkConnection = function(){
   //test user settings
   $.ajax({
      url: 'http://192.168.100.188:8080/requests/status.xml',
      data:'';
      beforeSend : function(xhr) {
         if(data.authorization !== undefined){
            xhr.setRequestHeader("Authentication", "Basic " + btok(":test1234")); //My Pass for Testing is test1234
         }
      },
      success: function (data, status, jqXHR) {
     alert('success');
      },
      error: function(data){
      console.log(data);
      }
   });
};

The Error I get is: SCRIPT7002: XMLHttpRequest: Networkerror 0x80070005, Access denied

Can anyone please help me out?

Best regards....

Mirko

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