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19-Feb-12 20:38
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coolhandluke coolhandluke's avatar Rank: none
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I'm in need of connecting to a secure url and passing encrypted string of username and password via pure javascript.

So, to be clear: I have an html5 app that is being ported to iphone via phonegap. The app needs to connect secure url (rss feed that am pulling). I have the username and password encrypted all ready. I just need to connected to it and pass along the parameters to gain access. What is the best way to this?
20-Feb-12 03:54
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matt matt's avatar Rank: gold
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@coolhandluke: It depends on a lot of things, but I'd probably use jQuery's $.get() method to make an Ajax request to the server-side script, passing the encrypted username and password. Once the server-side script validates the login, it can send back a cookie containing the session ID to the browser, which will automatically store it and send it with all future requests (Ajax or otherwise):

http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1995-AJAX-Requests-Get-And-Set-Cookies-Like-Any-Other-HTTP-Request.htm

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28-Feb-12 16:38
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chrishirst chrishirst's avatar Rank: gold
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The javascript has to be on the same http host as the data it is retrieving because browsers block cross site scripting.

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