Handle HTTP Authentication on iOS Safari

[Ricardonacif]

Hey guys,

Is there a way of inputing the username/password of an http authentication using Appium on Safari iOS? The pattern http://username:passsword@url.com doesn't work, and I can't find a way of inputing user/pass on the pop up dialog. Please help me!

Thanks,

[0x1mason]

Can you explain what "doesn't work" means? Please give us details so we can identify your problem.

[Ricardonacif]

When you access a website that has a http authentication (example: integration.westelm.com ), it pops up a dialog asking for username and password, but Appium doesn't provide a way of filling this automatically, so we're not able to perform tests on this website.

Thanks for the help

[SergeyTichomirov]

@Ricardonacif

Do you use Selenium Proxy or Browser mob proxy?

Unfortunately I have no answer to the question how Appium works with this features.

I want to know it too.
There is the similar topic. So it is possible that there are some problems.

[Ricardonacif]

Thanks for the answer @SergeyTichomirov . Actually I don't use proxies yet, but I'll take a look. Anyway, it would be great if Appium could fill the authentication pop up on iOS. I believe that isn't a hard thing to do anyway.

[SriHari_Innamuri]

Do you have any solution for handle the authentication on IOS Safari, I am also facing the same issue

[divyanshugarg]

I am using Browser Mob Proxy (version 2.1.0 beta-1), Appium (1.3.6) with Appium provided Java client (ver: 2.1) library. But Appium failed to set Proxy when start AppiumDriver and returning 'Original error: Instruments never checked in' exception. I tested on iphone-simulator on iOS 8.1.
Setting Proxy using below code
Proxy proxy = BMP_Proxy_Controller.Server.seleniumProxy();
objCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PROXY,proxy);
objCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);

Log captured from Appium server:
{"desiredCapabilities":{"orientation":"Portrait","acceptSslCerts":true,"browserName":"Safari","autoLaunch":true,"locale":"US","safariAllowPopups":true,"locationServicesAuthorized":true,"newCommandTimeout":"600000","autoAcceptAlerts":true,"safariIgnoreFraudWarning":true,"platformVersion":"8.1","fullReset":false,"deviceName":"iPhone 5","platformName":"iOS","proxy":{"noProxy":null,"socksUsername":null,"httpProxy":"NDI-LAP-371.3pillar.corp:8019","ftpProxy":null,"socksPassword":null,"sslProxy":"NDI-LAP-371.3pillar.corp:8019","proxyAutoconfigUrl":null,"proxyType":"MANUAL","class":"org.openqa.selenium.Proxy","autodetect":false,"hCode":1056099159,"socksProxy":null},"bundleId":"com.apple.mobilesafari.app","deviceReadyTimeout":"450","locationServicesEnabled":false}}
info: Client User-Agent string: Apache-HttpClient/4.3.4 (java 1.5)
info: [debug] The following desired capabilities were provided, but not recognized by appium. They will be passed on to any other services running on this server. : acceptSslCerts, proxy,

[Ricardonacif]

Hey guys, I found the solution to access http authentication websites. It's actually kind of weird but it works:

Before accessing the http authentication protected website, ask selenium to go to page 'a', and then send the goto to users/pass@address.com, like this:

  browser.goto('a') #appium workaround for the http authentication to work
  browser.goto("http://username:password@address.com")

[prasad]

Hi,

Please help me any one on the below issue, Thanks in advance.

Issue: once hit url on the mobile(Real Device) safari browser,it pops up a dialog asking for username and password.

I am unable to communicate with popup and also I tried below ways but not working.

1.driver.get("a")
driver.get("https://username:password@address.com")
2. driver.get("https://username:password@address.com");

    Alert aa = driver.switchTo().alert();
    aa.sendKeys("username");   

    Robot a = new Robot();
    a.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
    a.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

    Thread.sleep(5000);

    Alert bb = driver.switchTo().alert();
    bb.sendKeys("password");

    a.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
    a.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

Please tell me, is it possible to auto fill the data into the text fields using appium.

[Lasse]

Hey,

I decided to try this out now that XCUITest is in use. I found a good demo page and the results were great:

driver.get("https://auth-demo.aerobatic.io");
driver.get("https://auth-demo.aerobatic.io/protected-standard");
driver.context("NATIVE_APP");
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//XCUIElementTypeTextField[contains(@value,'user')]")).sendKeys("aerobatic");
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//XCUIElementTypeSecureTextField[@value='password']")).sendKeys("aerobatic");
driver.findElement(By.id("Log In")).click();

and

driver.get("https://auth-demo.aerobatic.io");
driver.get("https://aerobatic:aerobatic@auth-demo.aerobatic.io/protected-standard");
driver.findElement(By.id("ignoreWarning")).click();

both worked well. Just remember to go back to WEBVIEW context, if you decide to go through the first way of doing this.

[SumitSharma]

Do you have now any solution for handle the authentication for chrome mobile browser, I am not able to handle please help.