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sonya_m
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nisgupta
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I have seen when working with CBT , we do have problems with applications when there is basic authentication dialog . Not possible with CBT . Is there any improvement ?

 

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AlexKaras
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4 years ago

Hi,

 

> we do have problems with applications when there is basic authentication dialog . Not possible with CBT .

This is general Selenium limitation caused by the fact that Selenium injects its code into web page and thus has no access to anything but tested web page source. While basic authentication dialog is displayed by the browser itself.

Usual recommended approach in this case is to include authentication info into initial tested web address. E.g.:

http://admin:admin@the-internet.herokuapp.com/basic_auth