posterous api request with jquery only

Question

I am trying to use jquery to interact with posterous api , however I am unable to make sense of url and how parameters will be passed . I am using this :

$.ajax({ type: 'GET', url : 'http://posterous.com/api/2/users/me/sites', dataType:'xml', success: function(data,textStatus){ alert(data); }, error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError){ alert('XHR : ' + xhr.status); alert("Error:"+thrownError); }

}); });

I am sure I will have to authenticate myself to access the sites , but posterous api has'nt given any examples on how to do that , does any one have idea ?

Answer 1

If they use Basic Auth you will need to provide a username and password (usually login and email respectively)

Look at the username and password arguments you can configure in the ajax call:

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

Answer 2

you need to include an authorized token with every request. see this website to see how to get the token http://apidocs.posterous.com/pages/authentication then include the data property with your ajax call data:{api_token:YOUR_TOKEN}