[Greasemonkey] Will authentication appear in GM_xmlhttpRequest in the next release?

[Matthias Bauer]

On 23.06.2005 05:54 Blake West wrote:

> I've noticed that GM_xmlhttpRequest does not implement the username and
> password parameters of XMLHttpRequest. So if I make a request to a URI
> that requires authentication, I have to manually enter the username and
> pass in the pop-up.
> 
> Are there any plans to implement these paramenters in GM_xmlhttpRequest?
> Is there some reason why they can't be implemented?

Can't you just send the Auth-Header yourself? At least Basic
authentication is pretty easy to do. (Google for "HTTP Basic
Authentication")

-Matt