JMeter Basic Authentication with HTTP Authorization Manager

Question

I am trying to do Basic Authentication for protected endpoints. I tried the following :

1. In the HTTP Header Manager, add an entry with the name "Authorization" and the value "Basic [encoded credentials from above]" as suggested in JMeter Basic Authentication
2. Added Http Authorization manager and added the base url as https://shopping-qa.myproject.mydomain.comalong with the username and password. The url of the endpoint is https://shopping-qa.myproject.mydomain.com/api/v3/profile/summary.

While it works when I use the option 1, it does not work when I use option 2. I also uncommented httpclient.parameters.file=httpclient.parameters in jmeter.Properties and http.authentication.preemptive$Boolean=true in httpclient.parameters. But I still do not get the authentication to work.

Any suggestions on where I am going wrong? Thank you!

Answer 1

If you use httpclient.parameters - make sure that you have HTTPClient3 implementation of the HTTP Request Sampler(s).

Double check that HTTP Authorization Manager really adds "Authorization" header and credentials are correct.

See How to use HTTP Basic Authentication in JMeter for example of bypassing basic HTTP authentication in phpmyadmin.