basic-authentication

I am attempting to use XMLHTTPRequest to get an update on twitter. var XMLReq = new XMLHttpRequest(); XMLReq.open("GET", "http://twitter.com/account/verify_credentials.json", false, "TestAct", "password"); XMLReq.send(null); However, using my sniffer I cannot see any authorization headers being passed through. Hence, I get a 401 error response from Twitter. The account and password are correctly entered. Anyone attempt this? Can anyone give me some pointers? Thank you. You just need to add a Authorization header, an user name and password in a base64 encoded string as follows. XMLReq

Since HttpClient 4.3, I have been using the HttpClientBuilder. I am connecting to a REST service that has basic authentication. I am setting the credentials as follows: HttpClientBuilder builder = HttpClientBuilder.create(); // Get the client credentials String username = Config.get(Constants.CONFIG_USERNAME); String password = Config.get(Constants.CONFIG_PASSWORD); // If username and password was found, inject the credentials if (username != null && password != null) { CredentialsProvider provider = new BasicCredentialsProvider(); // Create the authentication scope AuthScope scope = new