How to set request header to the ajax object for jqGrid

Question

I have the need to set the \'Authorization\' request header to the httpXMLRequest. On the grid definition I have tried to set via ajaxGridOptions like the following:

Answer 1

Another option as of today is setting the header globally for all AJAX requests:

$.ajaxSetup({
    headers : {
        'Authorization' : 'Basic YWRtaW5AZGVmYXVsdC5jb206YWRTwa6='
    }
});