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+(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
+
+(require 'request)
+
+(defun gerrit-json-read ()
+  "Gerrit puts five extra chars (\")]}'\n\")at the beginning of
+  each JSON response for security reasons. All this function does
+  is it strips those chars before calling `json-read'"
+
+  (goto-line 2)
+  (beginning-of-line)
+  (json-read))
+
+(let ((username "epolger")
+      (password "EsthaiTh6Fu"))
+  (request
+   "https://gerrit.ericsson.se/a/changes/?q=status:open+owner:self"
+   :parser 'gerrit-json-read
+   :headers '(("Authorization"
+               (concat ("Basic "
+                        (base64-encode-string (concat username
+                                                      ":"
+                                                      password))))))
+   :success (function* (lambda (&key data &allow-other-keys)
+                         (message "Success!")
+                         (message "%s" data)))
+   :error (function* (lambda (&key error-thrown &allow-other-keys&rest _)
+                       (message "Got error: %s" error-thrown)))
+   :complete (lambda (&rest _) (message "Finished!"))
+   :status-code '((401 . (lambda (&rest _) (message "Got 401"))))))