[hobbit] RE: website login-help Needed.

[Ralph Mitchell]

I think you pretty much got it - grab the first page, extract the login
form, post it back.  Lather, rinse, repeat.

I use curl to grab the pages, rather than links, but the principal is the
same.  Curl has bindings for perl, php, and othe languages, as well as a C
library.

Ralph Mitchell


On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Everett, Vernon <
Vernon.Everett at woodside.com.au> wrote:

>  Hi
>
> In a previous job, we had a similar requirement, and I was unable to find a
> way round this problem.
> I eventually wrote a custom hobbit script, that used links (a text based
> web browser) with a links script to navigate the web page, enter the login
> info, and then check the output.
>
> It's a more complex solution than you probably want, but it worked.
> If anybody has a better solution, I am all for it.
>
> Regards
>     Vernon
>
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> *From:* Perumal, Santoshbabu [mailto:santoshbabu_perumal at platts.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 30 October 2008 12:56 AM
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* [hobbit] website login-help Needed.
>
>   HI hobbit gurus,
>
>    Is there any way that we can monitor website logins. I know there is a
> way if the URL requires authentication we can use
>
> http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@www.sample.com/
>
> If URL does not require authentication (uname and passwd) to get the page.
> But after get the page it has SIGN IN boxes which I need to check
> periodically by giving username and password. is this possible using hobbit.
> Please help here.
>
> Thanks
>
> Santhoshbabu Perumal
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