Basic authentication denied (401_unauthorized_access)
Hey everyone, I am using the following Python-Code, to login on a website with basic authentication, while using a proxy:
import asyncio
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright
from random import randrange
async def run(playwright):
proxy = {"server": servername, "username" : username, "password" : password}
chromium = playwright.chromium # or "firefox" or "webkit".
browser = await chromium.launch(proxy=proxy)
page = await browser.new_page(http_credentials={'username':'username', 'password':'password'})
await page.goto("https://www.website-with-basic-authentication.com/")
await page.wait_for_load_state("networkidle"); # This waits for the "networkidle"
await page.screenshot(path="screenshot.png", full_page=False)
await browser.close()
async def main():
async with async_playwright() as playwright:
await run(playwright)
asyncio.run(main())If I use "chromium = playwright.chromium", I get the error 401_unauthorized_access when accessing the website, but if I use "chromium = playwright.firefox" the website can be accessed and the login is successful. I can't wrap my head around why this is the case and I need to use chrome as a web browser (this is just a test script for a larger scanner).
Does anyone have any advice on how to resolve this issue? Thanks in advance!
This thread is trying to answer question "Why does the user receive a 401_unauthorized_access error when using Chromium with Playwright for basic authentication, and how can this issue be resolved?"
Another solution with using set_extra_http_headers
- Create a function to encode the username/password
`import base64
user_pass = "myuser:mypass"
encoded = base64.b64encode(user_pass.encode()).decode()
page.set_extra_http_headers(
{"Authorization": "Basic " + encoded}
)`2. Call the function before page.goto (this will add the auth header and login with basic auth)
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