Not a trivial subject. You should probably contact the site owner and inquire as to what "URL encoded string" their login program wants to see as a beginning point.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Okay, I've re-written the application that retrieves product data so it > now uses curl, but I'm stumped on the password section. > > The way the vendor site is written, it doesn't require a password to get > search results. If our salesmen are logged in, they get: > > Retail Price: 2.02 > Your Price: 1.21 > > But, if they aren't logged in, they get: > > Your Price 2.02 > > The login screen is embedded in the search screen and every other screen > on the site. > > Help? > > Thanks! > > Karl > > <quote who="David Murray"> > >> Karl, >> >> Yes, and it does not actually cost you anything (open source), but it is >> another 3rd party product. >> >> I had a similar problem some years ago. For password handling, which can >> end >> up being a cookie issue, I used curl - http://curl.haxx.se/. >> >> Cheers, >> >> David Murray >> >> >> .learn and do >> .excel and share >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 10:56 PM >> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> Subject: [U2] -UV- HTTP secure logins >> >> [skip to paragraph 4 for the question] >> Our business application is a green screen legacy app. We have no desire >> to change. It's not broken and doesn't need to be fixed. We enhance it >> with 2 developers and a consultant, who we bought the system from some >> decades ago. >> >> I've finally figured out that I don't need http:// on the front of the >> createRequest URL. That was breaking everything for my earlier attempts >> which were in 2005. Now it's much later than that, and my boss, the C.O.O. >> asked if I could figure out a way to retrieve some information off our >> primary vendor's website and put it up on a sales screen. Done and folks >> are thinking I walk on water. >> >> Now for the tough part, which I seem to remember someone mentioning >> recently, but since it wasn't on my plate yet, I didn't pay much >> attention... (Isn't that like keeping something for years, then deciding >> to throw it away, just to need it a few days after?) >> >> Is there a way to access a web page that requires a login and password and >> then retrieve data from another page behind the login page? Please say yes >> (without lying and without the need for me to purchase a third party >> product). >> >> TIA >> >> -- >> Karl Pearson >> Director of I.T. >> ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.atsindustrial.com >> 800-789-9300 x29 >> Local: 801-978-4429 >> Fax: 801-972-3888 >> --- >> "To mess up your Linux PC, you have to really work at it; >> to mess up a microsoft PC you just have to work on it." >> ---- >> ------- >> u2-users mailing list >> u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >> ------- >> u2-users mailing list >> u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >> >> > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Schasny - Denver, Co, USA jeff at schasny dot com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
