How to automate browser login dialogs?

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From a user support ticket:

In iMacros we used

ONLOGIN USER=username PASSWORD=password RETRY=[YES|NO]

This handles login authentication dialogs. The ONLOGIN command must appear before the macro command that navigates to the site that brings up the login dialog.

ā†’ How to achieve the same in Ui.Vision (How to Handles login dialogs?)

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Hello, I assume you refer to authentication popups like the one in the screenshot below. These login popups are a common security mechanism on websites, often requiring authentication through a username and password:

How to automate the browser login dialog with RPA
How to automate the browser login dialog with RPA623Ɨ329 28.5 KB

Ui.Vision does not have - and does not need! - a ONLOGIN command like iMacros. Instead, you can use the real user simulation XTYPE command to fill this dialog.

Login macro running:

Demo macro source code:

{
  "Name": "login rpa",
  "CreationDate": "2025-10-14",
  "Commands": [
    {
      "Command": "open",
      "Target": "https://testpages.eviltester.com/styled/auth/basic-auth-test.html",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": "External website, not related to Ui.Vision"
    },
    {
      "Command": "Click",
      "Target": "linkText=Basic Auth Protected Page",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": "open popup"
    },
    {
      "Command": "XType",
      "Target": "authorized",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": "enter user name"
    },
    {
      "Command": "XType",
      "Target": "${KEY_TAB}",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": "Use TAB to move to password field"
    },
    {
      "Command": "XType",
      "Target": "password001",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": "enter password"
    },
    {
      "Command": "XType",
      "Target": "${KEY_ENTER}",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    },
    {
      "Command": "echo",
      "Target": "Login done!",
      "Value": "green",
      "Description": "Authentication successful"
    }
  ]
}
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