# Strange basicAuth

**URL:** <https://community.gatling.io/t/strange-basicauth/1536>\
**Category:** Gatling (Open-Source)\
**Created:** [October 13, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/strange-basicauth/1536 "2014-10-13T12:24:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Aram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aram](https://community.gatling.io/u/Aram)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/strange-basicauth/1536/1 "2014-10-13T12:24:48Z")

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Dear all,

I am getting a very strange error I have a gatling class that works fine with three password feeders

- json
- ssv
- csv

everything worked fine until I added a password that contains a ! and -  
now every test still work except the one with the ! and -  
does any one know how this can happen.  
Even when i hardcoded the credentials it did not work. While the credentials work perfectly in my browser.

kr

A

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**Author:** ![Excilys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8797f3/32.png) [@Excilys](https://community.gatling.io/u/Excilys)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/strange-basicauth/1536/2 "2014-10-13T12:47:46Z")

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How do you send those credentials? query or post params?  
How does your server deals with url-encoding?