$(document).ready(function(e) {

var jsonStr = {
"ContactName": "smith, anthony",
"FirstName": "anthony",
"LastName": "smith"
  };


  function make_base_auth(user, password) {
var tok = user + ':' + password;
var hash = btoa(tok);
return "Basic " + hash;
  }

  var userName = "admin";
  var password = "admin";
  var authStr = convertStringToBase64(userName + ":" + password);
  var authObj = '{"authentication":authStr}';


  $.ajax({
url: "http://127.0.0.1:8086/api/services/Customers/RegisterCustomer",
headers: {
  "Authorization": make_base_auth(userName, password)
},
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
  xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
  xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
  //xhr.setRequestHeader ("Authorization", make_base_auth (userName, password));
},
crossDomain: true,
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
data: JSON.stringify(jsonStr),

success: function(result, status, jqXHR) {
  $("preerror").text("IT WORKED");
  var jsonStr = result;
  var jsonObj = JSON.parse(jsonStr);
  var jsonPretty = JSON.stringify(jsonObj, null, 't');

  $("pre").text(jsonPretty);
},
error(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
  $("pre").text("FAIL");
}
  });

});