Best way to handle Window Authentication Popup | Selenium Java

[@sivasankariganessin6837]

I found exact solution only in your video.. Thanks a lot

[@letcode]

That's great 😊

[@sergchudesov483]

Works for C# and Chrome. Does not look too simple from first view, but works. Thank you very much.

[@manasatweets3994]

HI Koushik,before i tried with passing the url &password in the URL but,now its not taking manually donno why,and to try your approch am unable to add chrome extension in my google chrome incognito mode,can you tell me how to resolve this issue,i wi b happyy to giv additional if required ,iam trying to resolve this since week

[@letcode]

Hi, encoding credentials in url is prohibited by chrome. The extension is not available in store I guess, but u can find the extension in my git repo, link in the video description. Few extension cannot be added in incognito mode, because of security reasons.

[@manasatweets3994]

@@letcode ok tq for ur reply, but after downloading from your got,will it work and shud I proceed same procedure,am able to speak over call if u r ok

[@letcode]

It should work, else u can ask here or in our gitter community.

[@manasatweets3994]

@@letcode sure I try and get back to you,u mean by chat only what is that community not sure through message I feel the process is delaying so asked

[@archanamuthukrishnan6465]

Hello Sir In my application when i give credentials through url particular application is not loading properly.i am unable to download multipass extension in my organization . Can you pleaese le me know what may be reason for application that is not getting loaded properly?

[@letcode]

Is it not loading because of the http authentication.

[@archanamuthukrishnan6465]

@@letcode yes after I give crentedials it is not loading properly..

[@archanamuthukrishnan6465]

I am facing this when I try to run through jenkins ( chrome).., edge(locally) and chrome (incognito locally)

[@anandkumarsingh382]

while accessing "chrome-extension://enhldmjbphoeibbpdhmjkchohnidgnah/popin.html" in Incognito mode,it's giving an error. enhldmjbphoeibbpdhmjkchohnidgnah is blockedRequests to the server have been blocked by an extension. Try disabling your extensions. ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT How to resolve this? Any Idea?

[@letcode]

Some of the extension cannot run in incognito mode. That's might be the cause I believe. I'll confirm and let you know 😊

[@harshitkapoor4922]

@@letcode i am facing the same issue in incognito, since even you are working in incognito, could you tell how it might be resolved

[@letcode]

@@harshitkapoor4922 you have to set permission to run extension in incognito mode. Some of the extension cannot run in incognito mode. Goto that extension settings and allow access to run in incognito

[@harshitkapoor4922]

@@letcode i have already enabled the permission for incognito the extension is working but when i pass it through driver.get() that's where the error is coming, i know I'm passing right url as its opening in normal mode. Can u tell? Thanks for replying

[@chankx3337]

@@harshitkapoor4922 I also face the same issue. you need to enable the chrome option "-disable-extensions"

[@zirexpl6395]

Can we use it in pipeline like ci/cd?

[@letcode]

I haven't tried, but I think it should work fine.

[@vinod899]

Thanks for the solution. I would also like to know if we are getting this popup in different places and not consistent how to handle the same.

[@letcode]

Mostly authentication popup comes only one. If it's coming randomly you have to ask the developer to change it or understand how often it comes.

[@vinod899]

@@letcode - Since we access our application after connecting to VPN and enable the proxy, the proxy authentication pop up appears randomly in web pages. Any recommendation from you will be helpful as it's not application related.

[@a9840051857]

When I open the chrome extension Url in normal mode it loads multipass screen but when i open in incognito mode, I get blocked.

[@letcode]

Some of the extension cannot run in incognito mode. It is restricted by chrome.

[@a9840051857]

@@letcode Thanks for the quick response

[@harishchidere9365]

If we dont have developer mode enables, using this code can we get expected response, as in remote machines like sauce labs we cannot add the extension

[@letcode]

Developer mode enable is not required as we adding extension from script. Chrome driver can handle that. I have added extension in saucelab, can you please try and let me know.

[@pranavivaddadi6386]

I am trying in the same as you shown, still i am not able to login. can someone help me please?

[@letcode]

It was working fine. I'm not sure about it what happened now., i have to check again.

[@karthikeyanmuralidharan5929]

Hi Koushik, just now I tried these steps. After adding URL, User ids and pwd in extention. Still I can't bypass the windows authentication manually aswell. Any clue. Please advise any other alternative solution

[@letcode]

Not sure might be some changes in chrome security policy.

[@biplabghosh1380]

Hi Kaushik, can help me to do the same for safari?

[@letcode]

I don't think safari support extension

[@biplabghosh1380]

@@letcode okay. Is there any way to bypass basic authentication in safari ?

[@letcode]

Sorry I'm not sure, never used safari.

[@geonwooyoon6603]

Hi there, Thank you very much for the great explanation. I'm following your instruction, then i reallized in my chrome extension never shows a "green" light, it always just a grey. beside that, i pretty much same as what you instructed and works fine, but somehow multipass is not activated, could you advice me?

[@letcode]

Is it not working in script or manual also ?

[@geonwooyoon6603]

​@@letcode manual is not working then also the script as well the script itself looks right to me, I can see the extension is added btw, i did it with python

[@letcode]

Ok, I think Chrome security policy has some changes, got few others comments on the same. I'll check and let u know.

[@geonwooyoon6603]

@@letcode thank you sir

[@geonwooyoon6603]

@@letcode actually, i tried passing useranme/password through URL, and it works well, do you recomand this way? (i mean is there a reason you are not using it this way ?)

[@mallichettyhemanthkumar8684]

Will this work for other browsers?

[@letcode]

Yes, ant browser that can support extension.

[@mallichettyhemanthkumar8684]

@@letcode could you please help me for Firefox and IE browsers

[@letcode]

For IE this way will not work, Firefox if should work

[@chankx3337]

​@@letcode Thanks for this informative guide. Can I know how to pack the extension in Firefox and how we set "chrome-extension://xx/popin.html" same in firefox.

[@letcode]

stackoverflow.com/questions/54754945/how-to-install-extension-permanently-in-geckodriver#:~:text=You%20can%20install%20the%20Extension,a%20driver%20using%20that%20profile. This might be helpful 😃

[@tanmayanand7065]

I am working on the application which runs only with private VPN. I tried this way but it did not work. Can you please help me here?

[@letcode]

Is it about VPN of authentication?

[@KPETCHIMUTHUPandiyan]

Will it work, if password contains special characters. because I tried the same steps as you instructed , and am still getting the authentication pop-up even after adding the URL, username & passord to the extension .

[@letcode]

Yes it works, I checked and it worked fine for me. Check one again if you're opening the extension first and then your application URL.

[@KPETCHIMUTHUPandiyan]

@@letcode Thank you for your prompt response.. really appreciated. But, it's not working for me... I addon the extension first and configured the credentials then had launched the URL right away, its still popup the Authentication pop-up

[@letcode]

It should work, if possible you can share the code in git, if possible I'll try to sort it out.

[@KPETCHIMUTHUPandiyan]

@@letcode I tried manually as per your steps and it didn't work out

[@KPETCHIMUTHUPandiyan]

$ symbol in my password is not working .. is there any alternate solution for this

[@Tanu-wd1zl]

Hi kaushik, thanks for sharing this video. Really great help. But my issue, it worked once, but then I am getting site can't be reached. I am trying it on my company application. How can I overcome this?

[@letcode]

The site might be down, try again.

[@PrithvirajSahoo]

This extension is no more available in chrome extension store

[@letcode]

Ya just now noticed, but you can get the CRX file from the GitHub. Link on the description

[@AnilKumar-lq1qp]

For me authentication popup is loading after login into application and the solution is not working. Any idea??

[@letcode]

Hi, mostly window based auth should be turned off in test environment. I'm not able to figure out any solution.

[@himanis6821]

Hello sir, I don't get the particular id in my Extension folder. Can you please tell what is the issue in it .

[@letcode]

Make sure you have enable the developer mode in chrome, copy the id. You might have multiple profiles, can you search on the window explorer with id.

[@aamerhussainmohammed7745]

How to handle this flow in other browsers?

[@letcode]

You can use the came concept in edge and Firefox

[@ramkumariyer8282]

I was searching for this for almost a week with no hope left . You made my day man . The only doubt i have is will this run in docker containers or grid in headless mode ?

[@letcode]

Glad it helps, I'm not sure about grid execution, give it a try and do let me know.

[@himats7195]

want to know if it works on grid. thanks

[@letcode]

Yes it was working, not sure now. Chrome gets always change their security policy.

[@ramkumariyer8282]

@@letcode Yes it worked. and also works in headless mode without any issues :)

[@dateungameplay6281]

this is a good way to bypass authentication, but it can not be implemented in a solution or framework, as it depends on the extension to already be installed on the desktop where the script is going to execute. So if you use a service like SauceLabs or BrowserStack, this won't work

[@letcode]

Yes. This is just a work around. In QA environment it is recommended to turn off the authentication.

[@rebinkurian6422]

Helpful. Thanks 😊

[@letcode]

Thank you 😊

[@jaiganesh3007]

Nice one✌🏼

[@letcode]

Thank you so much ♥️😊

[@dineshkarthik5732]

@@letcode how to handle in other browser. For ex. IE

[@letcode]

Good question, I'm not using ie that much so I forgot about it, I'll check and come with a solution. Thanks for asking 😊.