How to remove HTTP specific headers in Javascript

Question

Is it possible to, before sending a http message, remove some specific http headers using javascript / XmlHttpRequest ?

I'm using a proprietary browser, so there's no way to do it using browser specific solution.

For example, I want to remove the header 'Authorization' before send the message

POST /social/rpc?oauth_version=1.0& ... HTTP/1.1

Accept: text/html, image/png, image/*, */*
Accept-Language: ko
Authorization: Basic Og==
Host: test.myhost.com

Regards

Answer 1

You could use the setRequestHeader method of the XmlHttpRequest object assuming your browser supports it, It is part of the W3C spec. It is also implemented by IE.

var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "");

Answer 2

When I use jquery-file-upload, and want to remove the header in the options method, setting it to null or '' doesn't work for me. I use this instead:

req.setRequestHeader("Authorization");