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Created August 11, 2012 14:49
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Bread and butter http basic authentication method for both ActionController and Capybara
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authenticate.rb
def http_authenticate
user, pass = ENV['USERNAME'], ENV['PASSWORD']
if request
basic = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic
request.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] = basic.encode_credentials(user, pass)
end
page.driver.browser.authorize user, pass
end
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