401 - Unauthorized in cypress io auto testing

Question

First time to write a Cypress (cypress Io framework) auto test for internal website (http://XXXX:8089/). The access of this website homepage requires special permissions by using active directory (get the windows credential and check if the user belongs to a certain group or have the certain role). The testing script is pretty simple:

describe('The Home Page', function() {
it('successfully loads', function() {
cy.visit('http://XXXX:8089/')
  })
})

got the 401 -Unauthoized error message. Tried replacing url with embedded windows credential like http://username:password@xxxx:8089/, got the same error. Cannot find a solution through google. Hope someone can kindly help me solve this problem. Thanks a lot.

Quick question, does the `http://username:password@xxxx:8089/` works if you paste the link into a chrome browser? — Hackerman, Jun 19 '18 at 19:11
Maybe related https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/850 — Hackerman, Jun 19 '18 at 19:20
Looks so similar to that one. So there is not any solutions available for this question so far? — John, Jun 19 '18 at 19:25
The is a solution, but involves implementing some kind of proxy — Hackerman, Jun 19 '18 at 20:21

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 07 '20 at 23:40

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I was facing this issue and fix by:

add {failOnStatusCode: false} will ignore the status because Cypress will stop the the run by any 40X status so with {failOnStatusCode: false} will told cypress to continue

cy.visit('/', {failOnStatusCode: false});

answered Aug 07 '20 at 23:40

Omar Tabaza

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The error got resolved but now it is not taking the username and password from the url . any idea what would be the reason? – Just_curious_tester Oct 20 '22 at 19:24

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '18 at 19:04

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Here is my way to log in before each test.

const login = () => {
    cy.visit('http://0.0.0.0:8080/#/login');
    cy.get('#username').type('username');
    cy.get('#password').type('1234password$');
    cy.get('#login-button').click();
}

describe('UI', () => {
  // beforeEach(login);
    beforeEach(() => {
        login();
        Cypress.Cookies.preserveOnce('session_id', 'remember_token');
  });

});

answered Dec 06 '18 at 19:04

li Anna

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4
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I don't think this solves the issue. You won't be able to find any of the DOM elements such as #username if the AD security is in place. The page won't load and you'll get a 401 instead. – Ben Power Jul 27 '20 at 05:05

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 27 '22 at 11:50

I hope this helps anyone who face the issue.

cy.visit('http://XXXX:8089/', {
  auth: {
    username: 'admin',
    password: 'admin123',
  }
});

This one helps me solve the 401 Unauthorized issue. Apparently this helps you solve your issue when you're facing a Basic Authentication when visiting a site.

Source: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/visit#Options

401 - Unauthorized in cypress io auto testing

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