How to handle windows authentication pop up with Protractor?

Question

Use case:

When URL loads, it request for Windows authentication (Enter Username and Password). How it goes is:

1. loads the url

2. on clicking Post button in the page. Windows Authentication pops up appears asking for username and password.

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Tried:

Installed AutoIT and written script and generated a exe file.

Question

1. How to call this in protractor javascript? Something like runtime.getruntime.exe("path/.exe")

2. Or is their any another way to achieve it.

3. Highly appreciate, if you explain at code level as well as I am new to javascript.

• alecxe: Are you sure you have to do it with AutoIT? You can specify the username and a password inside the URL string, try it out: stackoverflow.com/a/24305626/771848.
• Bustaq: Usecase : 1)loads the url 2)on clicking Post button in the page. Windows Authentication pops up appears asking for username and password.
• Bustaq: @alecxe ,tested again. it did worked after entering username and password in url. Next is, How to verify the json response ?
• demouser123: @alecxe isn't this not recommended? I think Chrome starting version 59, has blocked passing URL with username and password.
• alecxe: @demouser123 yeah, I think both Chrome and IE dropped support for that, I am a bit out of date on that. But, thanks, good to know.

Answer 1

A workaround (had similar issues with selenium) was to use Firefox, and create a browser profile that includes a password and let the browser populate the login screen.

Firefox (I have successfully implemented these steps)

• Firefox Create profile
• Firefox use profile in selenium

Chrome (Suggestions, i have not tried configuring Chrome profiles before)

• Chrome Profile
• Unsure how to configure selenium with Chrome profile

• Bustaq: thanks dan, My Test cases runs against chrome browser. Is their any solution for the same.
• dank8: Chrome also has similar feature Settings > Manage Passwords. might just have to play with the feature to see if chrome will autologin or if you still need to click the ok button. (Here is someone-elses answer on another post: sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/12403/…
• dank8: Hi Keasav, How did you go getting it working? if its working please close the question by marking this question as answered.
• Bustaq: Hi Dan, Currently it worked in chrome entering usernamen and password in URL [ browser.driver.get("username:Pass@genqa/site/showGeoLocation/");]. i have latest chrome. And i am looking for ur steps. creating profile that includes password. Do u have any sample code how to achieve this (create a browser profile that includes username and password.)
• dank8: Hi Keasav, I have configured Firefox (see links). But have not configured Selenium to use a specific Chrome profile before. hence i have added some links that will get you started.

Answer 2

Based on these two questions- How to handle authentication in Chrome 59 and duplicate question, I think hitting a previous page with the authentication credentials,before the actual authentication page, makes Chrome remember the credentials and then you can use it afterwards.

I haven't implemented this and so I'm not hundred percent sure of this, but you can give it a try.

Also, when you say that you have latest Chrome and you're able to pass username:Pass@genqa/site/showGeoLocation‌​/");], I would think that you should report this to Google, if you're Chrome is above 59, since as per this post, support for this has been dropped entirely.

• dank8: Thanks demouser123. sounds interesting reading, particular the second with different credentials. login on chrome now on my bucket list.
• Bustaq: hi @demouser123, i reported to google. they justified saying the below. "The changes we made somewhat recently blocked embedded credentials in subresource requests only, not in top-level navigations." So passing username and password in url is valid.

Answer 3

what's the problem with the code ?

 handlePromise = browser.driver.getAllWindowHandles();
 var promise1 = new Promise(function(resolve,handles) {
 try {
 var count=handles.length;
 console.log("Count F: " +count) ;
 // var newWindow = handles[count-1];
 var newWindow = handles[count];
 browser.driver.switchTo().window(newWindow);
 browser.sleep(9000);
 browser.driver.getWindowHandle();
 browser.driver.executeScript('window.focus();');
 console.log("Count S: " +count) ;
 resolve(true);
 } catch (error) {
 console.log(error);
 }
 });
 promise1.then(function(value) {
 try {
 console.log("promise value from p1" + value);
 console.log("operation Function");
 // browser.actions().click();
 browser.actions().sendKeys('[email protected]').perform();
 browser.sleep(9000);
 } catch (error) {
 console.log(error);
 }
 });