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<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>XMLHttpRequest: send() - "Basic" authentication gets 401 response</title>
<script src="/resources/testharness.js"></script>
<script src="/resources/testharnessreport.js"></script>
<link rel="help" href="https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#the-send()-method" data-tested-assertations="following::code[contains(@title,'http-authorization')]/.." />
</head>
<body>
<p>Please follow these steps to complete the test:</p>
<ol>
<li>If you are prompted for user name and password, type in 'usr' and 'secret'</li>
</ol>
<div id="log"></div>
<script>
test(function() {
var client = new XMLHttpRequest(),
urlstart = location.host + location.pathname.replace(/\/[^\/]*$/, '/')
client.open("GET", location.protocol+'//'+urlstart + "resources/auth5/auth.py", false, 'usr', 'wrongpassword')
client.send(null)
assert_equals(client.responseText, 'usr' + "\n" + 'secret')
}, document.title)
</script>
</body>
</html>