How to handle browser authentication in Chrome using Selenium Webdriver (C#)?

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I am writing an automation script for Chrome browser in selenium web driver using C#. I got stuck in a scenario where multiple tabs are getting open in the same browser and I need to navigate to the first Tab of a browser and need to re-enter the login credentials in the authentication dialog box.

Please find the below screenshot for authorization window:

I am unable to navigate to the first tab and unable to pass the username & password. I found some answers in the Stackoverflow and tried in my script but nothing went right. Here is my sample code:

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
IAlert alert = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.AlertIsPresent());
alert.SetAuthenticationCredentials(username, pwd);

After executing the above code, the following error is coming:

WebDriverWait has some invalid arguments. Argument '2': cannot convert from 'int' to 'System.TimeSpan'

Is there any specific code for Chrome browser? I am using Visual studio 2008.

Possible duplicate of How to handle authentication popup with Selenium WebDriver using Java — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 18:25
As I mentioned that i searched some threads in Stackoverflow but it did not work in my script. So there is no point to mark it duplicate. — Ashish Sharma
– Ashish Sharma, Commented Jul 19, 2017 at 7:29
You mentioned it but you didn't provide any details. Until you do some research and actually provide details that demonstrate how the solutions provided elsewhere don't work here and the results, it hasn't been proven that it's not a duplicate. — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Jul 19, 2017 at 13:18
Possible duplicate of Selenium - Other way to basic authenticate than via url — undetected Selenium
– undetected Selenium, Commented Nov 21, 2017 at 3:35

Cavan Page · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-19 14:46:21Z

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Try getting the URL like this...

driver.get("http://username:[email protected]");

Using the Alert class like this post here(How to handle authentication popup with Selenium WebDriver using Java) apparently only works in IE.

        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
        IAlert alert = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.AlertIsPresent());
        alert.SetAuthenticationCredentials("username", "password")

edited Jul 19, 2017 at 14:46

answered Jul 18, 2017 at 16:41

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Ashish Sharma Over a year ago

Hi Cavan thanks for your reply, I tried your line of code but it gave me an error. WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10); IAlert alert = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.AlertIsPresent()); alert.SetAuthenticationCredentials(UserLogin.username, UserLogin.pwd); - Error "Argument '2': cannot convert from 'int' to 'System.TimeSpan'". Is there any specific code for Chrome browser?

Cavan Page Over a year ago

I have updated code to c#. before it was java which had slightly different syntax.

Ashish Sharma Over a year ago

Thanks Cavan, I tried with driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("username:[email protected]") with some tricks and I am able to handle the authentication alert window.

smit9234 · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-18 17:42:53Z

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Take a look at this tutorial, http://toolsqa.com/selenium-webdriver/autoit-selenium-webdriver/

I have done this using Java, I am assuming you can use the AutoIt dlls for C# in the same manner.

answered Jul 18, 2017 at 17:42

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Ashish Sharma Over a year ago

Thanks @smith9234 for your reply. I tried driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("username:[email protected]"‌) with some tricks and able to handle the authentication dialog box.

matemaciek · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-12 13:11:32Z

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Yet another approach: write chrome extension that'll listen on chrome.webRequest.onAuthRequired and will provide credentials.

Doc: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/webRequest#event-onAuthRequired

answered Dec 12, 2018 at 13:11

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Nick is tired · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-22 09:50:24Z

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Here is a simple approach to overcome this issue:

baseUrl = "http://" + username + ":" + password + "@" + url;
driver.get(baseUrl + "/");

Using the code above we are providing credentials in the URL, while running the script this will bypass the authentication window successfully.

Refer to the below code for how it is done just after the browser is launched:

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
String baseUrl = "http://" + "USERNAME" + ":" + "PASSWORD" + "@" + "xyz.com";
driver.get(baseUrl + "/");

edited Mar 22, 2023 at 9:50

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answered Mar 19, 2023 at 5:45

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