Authentication headers in REST API call

Question

In my java webapplication i have added a webservice call @ URL 10.10.10.21:8088/openbravo/com.data.service.

When i hit the URL from browser, it asks me for a Username and password. After entering those details, i can see the json output (desired output).

The web service provides a JSON REST service. I want to implement a basic client UI to fetch this JSON data and publish on the page. As a part of client i have written basic html code with jQuery ajax to make call to this URL. But i get 401 unauthorized response.

$("input#add-contact").on("click", function () { $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "http://10.10.10.21:8088/openbravo/com.indavest.openbravo.restaurantpos.service", data: "{}", contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", dataType: "json", success: function(response) { console.log(response); } }); });

How can i add the authentication headers to the call. Is the above lines of code the right approach to make call to the rest webservice. I am new to the Webservices concepts. Any help would be great!!! Thanks.

Rafa · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-02 10:39:20Z

for basic authentication:

$.ajax({ type: "post", url: "http://localhost:8080/myservice/function?format=json", headers: { "Authorization" : makeBasicAuth("1", "1") }, data: jsonText, contentType: "application/json; charset=UTF-8", dataType: "json", success: function( data, statusTxt, xjobj ) { showSuccess( data, statusTxt, xjobj, "blabla" ); }, error: function( xjobj, statusTxt, errorThrown ) { showError( statusTxt, xjobj, errorThrown, "blabla" ); } });

with:

function makeBasicAuth(user, password) { var tok = user + ':' + password; var hash = btoa(tok); return "Basic " + hash; }

but this is for basic, there is also digest authentication (I recommend you wikipedia for a great explanation of those http technics) and so son, but the idea is similar.

Thanks! for the response.. in the code - data: jsonText .. what is jsonText here?
I tried with the above piece of code, its reaching the server, but the Authorization header is going null. Am i missing any params here ?
the authorization header is null? this is strange, have you checked it with fiddler?

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