Basic Auth Support for NSMutableURLRequest. To use, download the project directory and drag it into your own project. On your class: #import "NSMutableURLRequest+BasicAuth.h" NSMutableURLRequest *req = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url]; [req addBasicAuth:username andPassword:password]; // Username and password are NSString variables [self.webView loadRequest:req]; That's it. Enjoy --- Inspired from http://www.wetware.co.nz/blog/2009/02/iphone-uiwebview-http-basic-authentication/