I'm assuming that's some sort of Ajax API that you're doing?

You could make your Javascript aware that it's in a development 
environment, and pass the Authorization token, as per 
http://coderseye.com/2007/how-to-do-http-basic-auth-in-ajax.html.

If you're using jQuery.ajax, you can pass the username and password for 
Basic Authentication, but that leaves you a bit open.  Also, it only sends 
the info when challenged with a 401, so explicit header setting might be 
your only option. [
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5507234/how-to-use-basic-auth-and-jquery-and-ajax
]

You could update the programming to only require authentication for 
non-ajax requests, but that might be defeating the purposes as well.

Of course, I'm assuming that your application would normally use Form 
authorization in production, but you've got the added layer of Basic 
authentication in development.

This issue should only happen when calling the API from a different domain. 
 If the browser that is already authorized, is calling the APIs on the same 
domain, then the Authorization token <b>should</b> be sent automatically. 
I'm emphasizing that "should", because it would just seem screwy if it 
didn't.

On Thursday, 28 November 2013 09:48:42 UTC+10, advantage+ wrote:
>
> Building a site on client's server and password protected but now adding 
> in API functionality and the htaccess is blocking responses back from the 
> API calls since they can't reach the site.
>
>  
>
> Is there a simply way to define production / development to allow access 
> without password protecting the site.
>
> I do not want to go thru all 65 controllers and re-code $this->Auth->deny() 
> / allow();.
>
>  
>
> Thanks
>
>  
>
> *Dave*
>
>  
>

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