Add authorization header on ajax request

[shivamsinha15]

hi I was wondering if there was anyway to add authorization header on ajax request ?

[ivirabyan]

Yes, you can accomplish this by defining custom function for fetching data from server:

$('textarea').mentionsInput({
    source: function(request, callback) {
        $.get({
            url: 'http://example.com',
            data: {term: request.term},
            success: callback,
            beforeSend: function (xhr) {
                xhr.setRequestHeader ("Authorization", "Basic " + btoa(username + ":" + password));
            }
        });
    }
});