Preventing HTTP Basic Auth Dialog using AngularJS Interceptors

Question

I\'m building an AngularJS (1.2.16) web app with a RESTful API, and I\'d like to send 401 Unauthorized responses for requests where authentication information is invalid or

Answer 1

I had this issue together with Spring Boot Security (HTTP basic), and since Angular 1.3 you have to set $httpProvider.defaults.headers.common["X-Requested-With"] = 'XMLHttpRequest'; for the popup not to appear.