Don, What version of CF are you running? If I remember correctly, there used to be some major problems with cfhttp in cf4.01 (possibly even up to cf4.51). In particular these problems were occurring when using cfhttp over https - which I've noticed is your scenario.
Just thinking aloud here now but.... Have you thought of reproducing the login form (along with the js onload event handler) on your server. cfhttp to that page in order to actually login...then do another cfhttp to the actual form you really want to post? HTH Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Vawter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 05 December 2001 01:02 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Really? nobody has any ideas? > > > Thanks, > > I think you are correct that the redirection is the problem. > > What I really want to do is programatically login, move to a particular > page, grab a form and post it. > The analogy is having a program go out and log you into ebay retrieve the > current bids, and if desired bid higher and then logout. I am successfully > doing this on sites that don't redirect. Parsing the retrieved page, > grabbing the form out of it, changing the values and cfhttp > posting it back > all works fine once you are logged in. It is obviously not very useful if > there is any manual steps involved. > > Thanks again, and if you have any ideas of where to go from here I would > appreciate them (the major drawback on a one man shop is no interaction) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:32 PM > Subject: RE: Really? nobody has any ideas? > > > > Hi Don, > > > > First time I've seen this posting. > > > > >From what I can gather, you want to log into a protected area > of a third > > party site from within a protected area of your application, > automatically. > > Basically you're attempting to offer seamless integration of the two > > applications. > > > > OK, now from your explanation below of what you're attempting to do, > you're > > logging the CF Server machine into the third party protected > site by using > > cfhttp. This means that all session variables and client variables being > > used by the third party will be those of the CF Server. > > > > However, If you use the JS onload method you mentioned, then you're > logging > > the client machine into the third party site and attempting to > use cfhttp > > thereafter, which is really a case of the cf server machine trying to > access > > the (still) protected pages. > > > > Now, as I don't know the details of the asp login script, it's hard to > > explain *why* you're getting the connection error, but a couple items > spring > > to mind. First, the login script is probably firing a redirect command, > > which is causing cfhttp to believe there is a connection problem. The > other > > item which springs to mind is that I have found that if I attempt to > cfhttp > > to a file within a protected area of any of my apps, I also get a > connection > > error, unless of course I specify access permissions to the file in > question > > by the cfserver machine. This is pointing my reasoning back to the > > redirection issue. > > > > As or suitable workarounds, well I'm afraid I can't help you with the > > current info available, but hopefully I've given you a little food for > > thought. > > > > HTH > > Dave > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Don Vawter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 05 December 2001 00:15 > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: Really? nobody has any ideas? > > > > > > > > > This is the third time I have posted this without a single response. I > > > thouht I would try once more. > > > No answer is better than a wag I guess but surely somebody > else has had > > > problems with cfhttp and > > > received a connection error. > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > Don > > > > > > > > > > > > I am attempting to use cfhttp to automate my login to another site. > > > > > > The login "action page" is checklogin.asp. If I cfhttp to that > > > page using > > > port 443 and method of post > > > with appropriate form fields as cfhttpparam I get a connection error > > > > > > <cfhttp > url="https://secure.findwhat.com/accountmanagement/checklogin.asp"; > > > method="POST" port="443" resolveurl="true" useragent="Mozilla/4.0 > > > (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0) " timeout="30"> > > > <cfhttpparam name="user_name" type="FORMFIELD" > > > value="#attributes.username#"> > > > <cfhttpparam name="password" type="FORMFIELD" > > > value="#attributes.password#"> > > > </cfhttp> > > > > > > First Question. Why do I get a connection error. If i go to that page > > > directly in the browser it just redirects me to the login page (as I > would > > > expect since the form wasnt submitted). Increasing the timeout doesnt > help > > > and I have verified that the attributes are correct. > > > > > > I can work around this by grabbing the login form(login.asp not > > > checklogin.asp) with a cfhttp (GET) , populate the form fields > > > programatically and add js to autosubmit the form from the > onloadmethod. > > > This logs me in but of course this is only good in an interactive > setting > > > because the login doesn't occur until the page is served. > > > > > > My goal is to login and then move to another page within the site and > grab > > > that page via cfhttp. > > > > > > Any suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. 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