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 at 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

Unix system Administrator

System Engineering, GO & I

The Mcgraw-Hill companies

HTS East Windsor, NJ

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