[aerogear-dev] HTTP_Basic: SimplePush (Channel) Registration

Hi, with the use of this helper <https://github.com/davidchambers/Base64.js>;, it is "safe" (I think) to use the window.btoa function(see details<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window.btoa>), to perform a (simple) Base64 encoding. Base64 encoding is required, since the "Device Registration" HTTP REST endpoint now uses HTTP_Basic (for details see the matching thread<http://lists.jboss.org/pipermail/aerogear-dev/2013-June/003233.... ). Currently we perform this code for "channel registration": $.ajax({ contentType: "application/json", dataType: "json", type: "POST", url: url, headers: { "ag-mobile-variant": variantID }, data: JSON.stringify({ category: messageType, deviceToken: endpoint.channelID, clientIdentifier: alias }) }); As mentioned on the "Security thread", the variantID is no longer a header, it is part of the HTTP_Basic auth process. This is a (local) JavaScript change that I did. It works fine so far: $.ajax({ contentType: "application/json", dataType: "json", type: "POST", crossDomain: true, url: url, headers: { "Authorization": "Basic " + window.btoa(variantID + ":" + secret) }, data: JSON.stringify({ category: messageType, deviceToken: endpoint.channelID, alias: alias ///// NOTE:: the key has changed.......... }) }); The important thing: we add the "Authorization": "Basic " header and using the mentionedwindow.btoa() function for the actual encoding. The same applies for the DELETE (unregistration). Any thoughts? Otherwise, I'd send a PR. Ah.... the dependency agains the Base64.js polyfill library would/should be included in our "grunt" build for "distribution", or would it be "just" declared (yeah, that's details but asking for curiousity) -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf