login with username and password by using selenium in python

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software:python 2.7 + selenium browser:chrome 57

Hi,

I need to download some report files from a website. There is an os level pop-up window in which i have to input my username and password.

I have tried a solution which is to input my user name and my password with URL link. eg: https://username:[email protected]

but it does not work because my username includes "\" which would be translated to "/" in URL.

and i also tried to download a software named autoit, but i can not install it in my pc since security issue.

any solutions that i could try for my issue.

Thanks

Use Robo Class functions

Chandra Shekhar
– Chandra Shekhar

2017-04-14 13:08:02 +00:00
Commented Apr 14, 2017 at 13:08 — Chandra Shekhar
– Chandra Shekhar, Commented Apr 14, 2017 at 13:08

sunigos · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-14 12:42:53Z

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The easiest way to authenticate in your case is to use username and password in URL. You still can authenticate with your username with "\" symbol, but you need to encode it first in URL format. For example, before forming final URL with credentials you can encode your username with urllib. This code should work in Python 2.7:

import urllib

username = "user\\name"
password = "password"
username_encoded = urllib.quote_plus(username)
URL = "http://%s:%[email protected]" % (username_encoded, password)
print(URL)

In the output you should see:

http://user%5Cname:[email protected]

And this URL will work fine with basic authentication (your case)

answered Apr 14, 2017 at 12:42

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potatout Over a year ago

hi, sunigos. i have tried this way on my end. it does work on my end. I think chrome would a reason for this. does it work on your end while you are using chrome?

sunigos Over a year ago

I had a password with "@" symbol and used such encoding trick with chrome. And it worked for me

potatout Over a year ago

Thanks sunigos, i have chosen a different way to resolve my issue.Thank you so much for your help.

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