import yourminis.api.IWidget
  var widget:IWidget;
  addEventListener("widget-loaded",onWidgetLoaded);
  function onWidgetLoaded(evt:Event) {
   widget.initWidget(300,250,0x000000);
   widget.debugMode = true;
   var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
   loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
    
   var url:String = "http://www.some3rdPartyDomain.com/server.php";
   var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(widget.newRSS().getProxyUrl(url));
   try {
    loader.load(request);
   } catch (error:Error) {
    widget.debug("Unable to load requested document.");
   }
  }
  function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
   var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
   widget.debug("loaded: " + loader.data);
  }
 

  var rss;
  import yourminis.api.IWidget
  var widget:IWidget;
  addEventListener("widget-loaded",onWidgetLoaded);
  function onWidgetLoaded(evt:Event) {
   widget.initWidget(300,250,0x000000);
   widget.debugMode = true;
   rss = widget.newRSS();
   rss.setAuthorization("userName","password");
   var tempVar = rss.getAuthorization();
   widget.debug(tempVar); //lets see what the authorization string looks like
   rss.setEncodedAuthorization(tempVar); //this is not necessary, but we could store tempvar and load it later, instead of storing a username and password
   
   //if you wanted to load a feed that required authorization, you would do the following:
   //rss.loadRSS("myURL","myUserName","myPassword") where
   //"myURL" is a string containing the URL you wish to load
   //"myUserName" is a string containing the username to log in with
   //"myPassword" is a string containing the password to log in with
  }