3 docs tagged with "authentication"

There are times when you run across functionality you want to test repeatedly with various inputs to see how the system behaves. We're going to go over a way to do this that will take some of the burden out of the process.

Previously, we've gone over how to test file downloads without a browser by leveraging Selenium Webdriver and an HTTP library in tandem. This approach is great for testing general file downloads, but what if the file you want to download is behind authentication?

Sometimes you'll work with applications that are secured behind Basic HTTP Authentication. In order to access them you'll need to pass credentials to the site when requesting a page otherwise you'll get a system level pop-up prompting you for a username and password rendering Selenium helpless.