How to prevent browser to invoke basic auth popup and handle 401 error using Jquery?

Question

I need to send authorization request using basic auth. I have successfully implemented this using jquery. However when I get 401 error basic auth browser popup is opened and

Answer 1

If you're using an IIS Server, you could setup IIS URL Rewriting (v2) to rewrite the WWW-Authentication header to None on the requested URL.

Guide here.

The value you want to change is response_www_authenticate.

If you need more info, add a comment and I'll post the web.config file.