JSE: Chrome HTTP auth callback

Readme.md

Original source: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=123150

background.js

var gPendingCallbacks = [];
var bkg = chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage();

bkg.console.log("Listening")
chrome.webRequest.onAuthRequired.addListener(handleAuthRequest,
  {urls: ["<all_urls>"]}, ["asyncBlocking"]);

function processPendingCallbacks() {
  bkg.console.log("Calling back with credentials");
  var callback = gPendingCallbacks.pop();
  callback({authCredentials: {username: <your username>,
                              password: <your password>}});
}

function handleAuthRequest(details, callback) {
  gPendingCallbacks.push(callback);
  processPendingCallbacks();
}

manifest.json

{
  "name": "Basic HTTP Auth Extension",
  "version": "1.0",
  "description": "Send credentials to basic HTTP auth pages.",
  "browser_action": {
    "default_icon": "icon.png"
  },

  "background": {
    "scripts": ["background.js"]
  },

  "permissions": [
    "webRequest",
    "webRequestBlocking",
    "tabs",
    "https://*/*
    "http://*/*
  ]
}