Question

I currently need to access an API that is set up in an staging environment on an Apache web server but the web server throws up a username/password dialog when browsing to the API url. Unfortunately I do not have access or control over the behavior of this web server.

Is it possible to programmatically send the username and password to an Apache web server?

Answer 1

You have ran into Basic Access Authentication. You just need to pass the username and password as part of the URL:

http://username:[e-mail]/page.html