How do I add username / password authentication information in a HtmlUnit test case ?

Question

Hi, I am accessing an svn repository via http protocol. When I put in the url into Internet Explorer, it prompts me with a dialog box for username / password and then the file loads up correctly in the browser.

What I need to do is download a ton of files from different tags from this svn repository. I was trying to automate downloading these files using HtmlUnit. Unfortunately it gives me the "401 Authorization Required ..." error. I don't know how to set the userid /password information in my HtmlUnit test.

Can a kind soul help me out with this please?

Kind Regards, Srinivas.

Answer 1

You can do something like:

DefaultCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider =
    (DefaultCredentialsProvider) webClient.getCredentialsProvider();
credentialsProvider.addCredentials("username", "password");
//OR
credentialsProvider.addNTLMCredentials("username", "password", null, -1, "localhost", "domain");

Answer 2

Do you have to use IE or a web browser? You can install svn or TortoiseSVN and checkout the entire repository with svn, even with the http protocol.