Opening a password protected page in Python and Selenium WebDriver

Question

I am trying to open this local IP in my web browser.

   from selenium import webdriver
    driver = webdriver.Firefox()
    url = 'http://165.269.261.210/source/'
    page = urllib.urlopen(url)

when I run the above code it asks for username and password on Python shell.

Enter username for coffee at 165.269.261.210: agrawal

Warning (from warnings module):
  File "C:\Python27\Lib\getpass.py", line 92
    return fallback_getpass(prompt, stream)
GetPassWarning: Can not control echo on the terminal.
Warning: Password input may be echoed.
Enter password for agrawal.a in coffee at 165.269.261.210: bravokid

after I provide username and password nothing opens in Firefox ? and also how can I provide username and password in the code itself ? Is there any better way to do it?

Update: When I directly put the link in the browser a pop-up opens asking for username and password. Only after I provide the username & password page opens otherwise throws 401 error

so username and password is asked on the python shell... not on the firefox window? — 0o'-Varun-'o0, Apr 27 '15 at 06:34
yes,and it is asked before the page opens. and if not provided it throws 401 error — Ankit, Apr 27 '15 at 06:35
can you edit the question little more in detail? How the user name and password are effecting opening of the browser? — 0o'-Varun-'o0, Apr 27 '15 at 06:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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What you are doing here:

from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
url = 'http://165.269.261.210/source/'

# This is no way connected to Selenium, but fetches URL using Python urllib library
# page = urllib.urlopen(url)
driver.get('http://username:password@165.269.261.210/source/')

Instead, use driver.get() method as explained in the Selenium WebDriver tutorial.

Further, you need to pass username and password in the URL for HTTP Basic Auth.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Apr 27 '15 at 08:22

Mikko Ohtamaa

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Yes I think this is the right way. but in my case it is giving error IOError: [Errno http error] no host given – Ankit Apr 27 '15 at 08:48

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