Access to restricted URI denied" code: "1012 - ajax

On domain A (localhost:8080) I run this code to access an unauthenticating REST serivce on domain B (localhost):
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('GET', 'http://localhost/rest/service');
req.send();
This works fine and I do get my response across domains as I have Apache on domain B set the response header:
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "http://localhost:8080"
However if I now turn on authentication for the REST service and try to run the same request:
req.open('GET', 'http://admin:admin#localhost/rest/service');
It now produces this error in Firebug:
Access to restricted URI denied" code: "1012
I'm confused that I am able to sucessfully make cross domain ajax calls to the authenticated service bypassing the same origin policy, yet when authentication is required on the service Firefox decides not to allow the ajax call? How can I fix this without using jsonp etc, as the production server won't be able to provide PHP or Servlet hosting.

It's easy with JQuery 1.5+, which I recommend you use for your JavaScript solution:
$.ajax({
url: 'http://admin:admin#localhost/rest/service',
crossDomain:true, // Here is the JSONP callback logic
success: function(data){
console.log(data); // data is what comes back from your remote file
}
});

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Assuming we are running IE9 or 8 behind the outlook I tried old school hacks like https://github.com/MoonScript/jQuery-ajaxTransport-XDomainRequest.
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Cheers
The following needs to be done to send request to 3rd party service ...
Add the service URI to AppDomain list (you've done it.)
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As of observation of your code I notices you are sending JSON object, but setting content type to "text/plain". Contact the service creators to get information on what type of the data they accept as request. Usually services allow "application/json", but not plain text.

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I am testing the jquery ajax calls to the API server from a different domain. Unfortunately I am getting an OPTIONS error. Here is my request code:
$.ajax({
url: "https://localhost:44356/api/Default/",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer " + user.access_token
},
success: function (res) {
logAjaxResult(res);
},
error: function() {
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}
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Which gives
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How do I configure to allow pre-flight requests with app.UseIdentityServerBearerTokenAuthentication(options)?
Many thanks
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Microsoft.Owin.Cors
I was using the package
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We are trying to implement Github oAuth in our app using Passport.js. If the user hits the endpoint by clicking an anchor tag/href, it works fine, but if we use a click handler to initiate an ajax request instead, we receive a CORS error from the Github server. Why?
Server side code:
app.get('/auth/github',
passport.authenticate('github', { scope: [ 'user:email' ] }));
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passport.authenticate('github', { failureRedirect: '/login' }),
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res.redirect('/');
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Client side code (we are using React):
--> Works:
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--> Does Not Work - CORS error:
handleContactAuth(event) {
$.ajax({
url: '/auth/github',
method: 'GET',
success: data => console.log( 'Contact Auth response: ', data),
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}
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--> CORS Error we see on the Client side when using AJAX method instead of href:
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I had the same problem and I found that at least in Google Chrome XMLHttpRequest object is restricted to same origin policy. So you may need to stick to using an anchor tag.
Regular web pages can use the XMLHttpRequest object to send and receive data from remote servers, but they're limited by the same origin policy. Extensions aren't so limited. An extension can talk to remote servers outside of its origin, as long as it first requests cross-origin permissions.
Link: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/xhr

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I'm using Ajax to download XML using HTTP GET getting following error:
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The code I'm using to get data:
$(document).ready(function()
{
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
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I am dealing with cross-domain issues by setting the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header as described here http://www.w3.org/TR/cors/.
So far so good, and I can now successfully make AJAX calls from host y to host x.
However, I ran into a gotcha with POST requests. The typical response to a post request is a redirect. However, the XMLHttpRequest object will not follow cross domain redirects, thus resulting in a failed call.
// Hosted on y.foo.com
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url : http://x.foo.com/myapp/",
success: function(data) {
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}
});
// Return status: 302
// (Which errors out in firebug)
Anyone know of any techniques to handle the redirect (to a resource on server x) that I get from this post for a client hosted on y?
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