Default value from property withCredentials in XMLHttpRequest should be false

[fabiopaiva]

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Environment

System:
OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8850H CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 2.07 GB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 8.12.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.10.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/bin/yarn
npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.12.0/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 11.4, macOS 10.13, tvOS 11.4, watchOS 4.3
IDEs:
Android Studio: 3.2 AI-181.5540.7.32.5056338
Xcode: 9.4.1/9F2000 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
react: 16.6.0-alpha.8af6728 => 16.6.0-alpha.8af6728
react-native: 0.57.3 => 0.57.3
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native-cli: 2.0.1

Description

The default value from property withCredentials in XMLHttpRequest.js is true.
In Google Chrome Javascript engine it's false, in the most commons node JS libraries it's false or undefined. Why it's true in React Native?

I can't change it to false using Axios because the library is not checking the property correctly to set it to false. They assume the default is false.

// Axios library
// Add withCredentials to request if needed
    if (config.withCredentials) {
      request.withCredentials = true;
    }

It will never set it to false.

Reproducible Demo

axios({
  url: 'https://www.httpbin.org/anything',
  withCredentials: false,
}).then(console.log).catch(console.error);

[react-native-bot]

It looks like you are using an older version of React Native. Please update to the latest release, v0.57 and verify if the issue still exists.

The ":rewind:Old Version" label will be removed automatically once you edit your original post with the results of running react-native info on a project using the latest release.

[fabiopaiva]

axios/axios#1837

[react-native-bot]

I am closing this issue because it does not appear to have been verified on the latest release, and there has been no followup in a while.

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