Using Selenium web driver i cant pass certain http authenitication credentials in the driver.get() method

Question

I want to use the URL to pass a HTTP Basic Authentication Check with Selenium WebDriver in Chrome. To open the site i use code like this:

from selenium import webdriver

from src.pom import settings

PATH = settings.chromedriver_path

driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH)

driver.maximize_window()

driver.get('https://username:Ziel#0Fehler@www.google.com')

However this gives me selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: invalid argument

If i remove the # or the: between the username and the HTTP Auth Password the error doesnt get thrown but I need this exact data for the HTTP Auth

Answer 1

Python 3:

import urllib.parse

password = 'Ziel#0Fehler'
password = urllib.parse.quote(password)

driver.get(f'https://username:{password}@www.google.com')

you have url encode password as it has special characters that have special meaning in url eg: #