Add support for basic authentication in browser controllers
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proposal
- Dominant language
- PHP
- Stars
- 1.6k
- Forks
- 286
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Description
It's possible to send a username and password in the URL, as described in RFC 1738.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the browser controller implementations and how they currently handle URLs containing credentials. Check the RFC 1738 reference and existing controller tests first; done means basic HTTP authentication works consistently across the supported browser controllers.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100