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Capybara/Poltergeist HTTP Authentication

So im trying to run some automation testing on a Rails site that requires what seems to be a basic HTTP Authentication:

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Im using localhost:3000 as my host. 

Capybara.app_host = "http://localhost:3000"
Capybara.server_host = "localhost"
Capybara.server_port = "3000"

Im running this on firefox right now, and I tried doing http://username:password@localhost:3000 but it usually warns about "phishing sites" but I proceed anyways, but it doesn't work and the http popup still appears. (I've heard a lot of browsers disabled this ability).

I know Selenium has ways to get around it, but what about Poltergeist? or anything built into Capybara.

I saw a previous question mentioned here: HTTP basic auth for Capybara

but seeing as how the above url doesn't work this didn't seem to work either.

edit: Current Poltergeist driver setup:

options = {
       :timeout => 45,
       :phantomjs_options => ["--proxy-auth="]
    }
    Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
      Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, options)
    end
    Capybara.default_driver = :selenium
    Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
Solution

  • You can try

    page.driver.basic_authorize(username, password)

    before visiting the page in Poltergeist. That will set the username and password in phantomjs and also the 'Authorization' header