HTTP url authentication not working while using it through selenium webdriver - Chrome

Question

Directly typing the below url in the browser, it works,

http://username:p%40ssword@examplesite.com:80/yyyy

But, when i use the same url, for selenium webdriver tests, it is connecting to

http://examplesite.com/yyyy

and asking for the HTTP authentication . Do i need to change any settings in the chrome browser, or tweak the default profile?

Answer 1

That strategy did not work for me though. However I circumvented it by using AutoIt akin to this https://stackoverflow.com/a/19374325/5059472

Plain old npm install of autoit is not enough. We need to add python to our path, as well as install visual studio community 2015 with visual c++ selected as an additional option