Re: automating login details
On 16 Apr 2009 Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0100 > Jim Nagel wrote: >> is there any way of automatically providing my username and password >> when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? > It depends. If the site is using basic auth (ie, the browser pops up a > dialogue box asking you for a username and password) you can often pass > this information in the URL; > http://username:passw...@www.foo.bar.com/ > If the user name and password is collected via a form on the web page, > and the site doesn't have a "remember me" tick box, you'll need to use > a browser that can automatically fill in forms and remember passwords > for you. For sites that use login forms I've set up mini-forms on my local home page. All the fields are hidden except for the 'submit' button which has its value changed to indicate the site. Values are inserted for the username and password, and any relative url is changed to absolute. This seems to work well for many sites, but some need two attempts presumably because the site expects to find a cookie set by the login page. -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_mailto:r...@minijem.plus.com Disclaimer: Please imagine about 50 lines of pointless clutter.
Re: automating login details
In article <3591db4c50@nails.ukonline.co.uk>, Jim Nagel wrote: > is there any way of automatically providing my username and password when > i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? > i have got as far as saving a URL file so that at least i don't have to > type that part every time. perhaps there's a standard way (which i should > know but don't) of including the username and password in the URL file? I Use one of the many macro progs that are available for RiscOS. !Tags by Thomas Baldwin is good. Can't find a current link for that but I can send you a copy.It's freeware. !Makro - David Thomas & !TextAid - Alan Wrigley will do the same. Again, if you can't find 'em, I have copies. You can keep one of these apps on your desktop with the usernames & passwords. Then it's a quick few clicks & a scroll to insert what you need. If security is a problem, keep em in an encrypted file on the desktop then one password gets all. Stephen Sloan's !Encrypt will do that & there are probably others. Hope this helps, -- Chris
Re: automating login details
On 16 Apr 2009 Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:39:19 +0100 > Dr Peter Young wrote: >>> There was a hack floating about to automatically fill in forms for >>> browsers under RISC OS, but I don't recall its name. >> >> Not a hack, but Kevin Wells's FFiler (the links given in the Help >> file and on the software database seem to be dead, and Google hasn't >> been my friend) will keep data and transfer it into NetSurf's icons. >> However, maybe you don't want to keep passwords in it ... > Given NetSurf doesn't use icons for forms, I think this classes as a > hack as it must be "typing" it in and hoping form tab ordering hasn't > changed :) That's too deep for me, but NetSurf's forms, if I've got the term right, will accept output from FFiler, and will also accept selections dragged and dropped from at least StrongED and OPro; I do this regularly. Useful feature. With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter, \ / zfc Tm \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne\/ ____\ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _\ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \__ pnyo...@ormail.co.uk
Re: automating login details
Rob Kendrick wrote on 16 Apr : > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0100 > Jim Nagel wrote: >> is there any way of automatically providing my username and password >> when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? > It depends. If the site is using basic auth (ie, the browser pops up a > dialogue box asking you for a username and password) you can often pass > this information in the URL; [oi! you mean COLON!] > http://username:passw...@www.foo.bar.com/ yes! that does it! thanks, Rob. the website in question is the controlpanel at Neil Spellings' Purleyhosting for one of my domains. i'm pleased that now i can simply doubleclick this URL file and go directly to the relevant page, several levels into the controlpanel. this makes a pain-free method to quickly define a unique email alias at my domain. (i always do this when registering with any online service or mailinglist, so i can abandon the alias if it starts getting spam.) i had always presumed i had to resort to an American browser on the laptop to do the chore, but it's great to have it set up as a mere doubleclick in Netsurf now. -- >>> no need to reply my entire message back to me ;=] Jim Nagelwww.archivemag.co.uk Abbey Press 32 Norbins Rd(01458) 83 3603 Glastonbury BA6 9JG pocket 0797 415 3861
Re: automating login details
In message <20090416131619.0ab71...@trite.i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net> Rob Kendrick wrote: >On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:39:19 +0100 >Dr Peter Young wrote: > >> > There was a hack floating about to automatically fill in forms for >> > browsers under RISC OS, but I don't recall its name. >> >> Not a hack, but Kevin Wells's FFiler (the links given in the Help >> file and on the software database seem to be dead, and Google hasn't >> been my friend) will keep data and transfer it into NetSurf's icons. >> However, maybe you don't want to keep passwords in it ... > >Given NetSurf doesn't use icons for forms, I think this classes as a >hack as it must be "typing" it in and hoping form tab ordering hasn't >changed :) What it does is you have the cursor in the form tab or icon location and hit the button and it then puts the information from the button to the form tab or icon. The only browser it does not work with is Oregano2. > >B. > -- Kev Wells http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/AleQuest/ ICQ 238580561 You can grow old but you don't have to grow up!
Re: automating login details
In message <7624df4c50.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk> Dr Peter Young wrote: >On 16 Apr 2009 Rob Kendrick wrote: > >> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0100 >> Jim Nagel wrote: > >>> is there any way of automatically providing my username and password >>> when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? > >> It depends. If the site is using basic auth (ie, the browser pops up a >> dialogue box asking you for a username and password) you can often pass >> this information in the URL; > >> http://username:passw...@www.foo.bar.com/ > >> If the user name and password is collected via a form on the web page, >> and the site doesn't have a "remember me" tick box, you'll need to use >> a browser that can automatically fill in forms and remember passwords >> for you. > >> There was a hack floating about to automatically fill in forms for >> browsers under RISC OS, but I don't recall its name. > >Not a hack, but Kevin Wells's FFiler (the links given in the Help file >and on the software database seem to be dead, and Google hasn't been >my friend) will keep data and transfer it into NetSurf's icons. >However, maybe you don't want to keep passwords in it ... I had to change the web space as the topcities one became unreliable to change things. http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/ > >With best wishes, > >Peter. > -- Kev Wells http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/ http://kevsoft.co.uk/AleQuest/ ICQ 238580561 Member of IRUG http://irug.kevsoft.co.uk/
Re: automating login details
Rob Kendrick wrote on 16 Apr : > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0100 > Jim Nagel wrote: >> is there any way of automatically providing my username and password >> when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? > It depends. If the site is using basic auth (ie, the browser pops up a > dialogue box asking you for a username and password) you can often pass > this information in the URL; [oi! you mean COLON!] > http://username:passw...@www.foo.bar.com/ yes! that does it! thanks, Rob. the website in question is the controlpanel at Neil Spellings' Purleyhosting for one of my domains. i'm pleased that now i can simply doubleclick this URL file and go directly to the relevant page, several levels into the controlpanel. this makes a pain-free method to quickly define a unique email alias at my domain. (i always do this when registering with any online service or mailinglist, so i can abandon the alias if it starts getting spam.) i had always presumed i had to resort to an American browser on the laptop to do the chore, but it's great to have it set up as a mere doubleclick in Netsurf now. -- >>> no need to reply my entire message back to me ;=] Jim Nagelwww.archivemag.co.uk Abbey Press 32 Norbins Rd(01458) 83 3603 Glastonbury BA6 9JG pocket 0797 415 3861 >> before emailing large files (>1Mb), please ask me for FTP details
Re: automating login details
Dr Peter Young wrote: On 16 Apr 2009 Rob Kendrick wrote: On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0100 Jim Nagel wrote: is there any way of automatically providing my username and password when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? It depends. If the site is using basic auth (ie, the browser pops up a dialogue box asking you for a username and password) you can often pass this information in the URL; http://username:passw...@www.foo.bar.com/ If the user name and password is collected via a form on the web page, and the site doesn't have a "remember me" tick box, you'll need to use a browser that can automatically fill in forms and remember passwords for you. There was a hack floating about to automatically fill in forms for browsers under RISC OS, but I don't recall its name. Not a hack, but Kevin Wells's FFiler (the links given in the Help file and on the software database seem to be dead, and Google hasn't been my friend) will keep data and transfer it into NetSurf's icons. However, maybe you don't want to keep passwords in it ... Perhaps here ... http://riscos.kevsoft.co.uk/ -- C.B. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
Re: automating login details
On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:39:19 +0100 Dr Peter Young wrote: > > There was a hack floating about to automatically fill in forms for > > browsers under RISC OS, but I don't recall its name. > > Not a hack, but Kevin Wells's FFiler (the links given in the Help > file and on the software database seem to be dead, and Google hasn't > been my friend) will keep data and transfer it into NetSurf's icons. > However, maybe you don't want to keep passwords in it ... Given NetSurf doesn't use icons for forms, I think this classes as a hack as it must be "typing" it in and hoping form tab ordering hasn't changed :) B.
Re: automating login details
On 16 Apr 2009 Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0100 > Jim Nagel wrote: >> is there any way of automatically providing my username and password >> when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? > It depends. If the site is using basic auth (ie, the browser pops up a > dialogue box asking you for a username and password) you can often pass > this information in the URL; > http://username:passw...@www.foo.bar.com/ > If the user name and password is collected via a form on the web page, > and the site doesn't have a "remember me" tick box, you'll need to use > a browser that can automatically fill in forms and remember passwords > for you. > There was a hack floating about to automatically fill in forms for > browsers under RISC OS, but I don't recall its name. Not a hack, but Kevin Wells's FFiler (the links given in the Help file and on the software database seem to be dead, and Google hasn't been my friend) will keep data and transfer it into NetSurf's icons. However, maybe you don't want to keep passwords in it ... With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter, \ / zfc Tm \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne\/ ____\ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _\ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \__ pnyo...@ormail.co.uk
Re: automating login details
In article <3591db4c50@nails.ukonline.co.uk>, Jim Nagel wrote: > is there any way of automatically providing my username and password > when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? > i have got as far as saving a URL file so that at least i don't have > to type that part every time. perhaps there's a standard way (which i > should know but don't) of including the username and password in the > URL file? It depends entirely on the site in question. A look at the HTML of the signing in page may give some clues - please email the page or the URL and I'll take a look. -- Tim Hill, www.timil.com
Re: automating login details
In article <3591db4c50@nails.ukonline.co.uk>, Jim Nagel wrote: > is there any way of automatically providing my username and password > when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? > i have got as far as saving a URL file so that at least i don't have > to type that part every time. perhaps there's a standard way (which i > should know but don't) of including the username and password in the > URL file? You need to look at the HTML source of the log-in page and see what the names of the variables used are. Then you can often add something like: ?name=Jim&pass=nagelpass to the URL. There is sometimes a hidden variable required as well, so add that with another ampersand. But, obviously, I've just made these variable names up. You need to dissect the form on the page. I do this a lot! John -- || John Williams || Brittany, Northern France Who is John Williams? http://petit.four.free.fr/picindex/author/ E-mail replies only accepted from RISC OS machines or RISC in subject line Somewhere nice to stay in Brittany? http://petit.four.free.fr/visitors/locate
Re: automating login details
On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0100 Jim Nagel wrote: > is there any way of automatically providing my username and password > when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? It depends. If the site is using basic auth (ie, the browser pops up a dialogue box asking you for a username and password) you can often pass this information in the URL; http://username:passw...@www.foo.bar.com/ If the user name and password is collected via a form on the web page, and the site doesn't have a "remember me" tick box, you'll need to use a browser that can automatically fill in forms and remember passwords for you. There was a hack floating about to automatically fill in forms for browsers under RISC OS, but I don't recall its name. B.
automating login details
is there any way of automatically providing my username and password when i go to a certain website i need to use frequently? i have got as far as saving a URL file so that at least i don't have to type that part every time. perhaps there's a standard way (which i should know but don't) of including the username and password in the URL file? thanks. -- >>> no need to reply my entire message back to me ;=] Jim Nagelwww.archivemag.co.uk Abbey Press 32 Norbins Rd(01458) 83 3603 Glastonbury BA6 9JG pocket 0797 415 3861 >> before emailing large files (>1Mb), please ask me for FTP details
