var atoken; $.ajax({ url: "<c:url value = '/api/oauth/token' />", type: 'POST', crossDomain: true, async: false, cache: false, data: { grant_type:'password', username:'admin', password:'admin' }, success: function(token, status) { //store.set('token', token); atoken=token; }, beforeSend: function (xhr) { xhr.setRequestHeader ("Authorization", "Basic " + btoa("acme:acmesecret" )); } });