Guide on recreating Internet Explorer Basic authentication using Javascript

Currently, I am encountering an issue with logging into our web applications using JavaScript for Selenium test purposes. When accessing the app manually, Internet Explorer displays the authentication popup, requiring a username and password to access the web app. I have come across several articles explaining how to handle this via XMLHttpRequest, but it leads to CORS problems. Due to business restrictions, I do not have access to the server or the ability to modify IE settings (for security reasons). My goal is to achieve the same result (login to the web app) using JavaScript or any other programmatic method. With other browsers like Firefox and Chrome, passing credentials in the URL works without issues. Current configuration: * JDK 1.6 * Selenium 2.46.0 * Internet Explorer 11

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Answer №1

Hello Team, I wanted to share the solution that worked for me.

After adding a public page in the tomcat configuration (web.xml) to allow access to the domain, I followed the steps outlined in several other posts.

[answer]

To implement this, I used XMLHttpRequest:

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

*xhr.open('GET', url, false, username, password);*

xhr.send('');

This approach worked perfectly for my situation.

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