Simulate Web Form Input.

**Randy Webb** · Jul 23 '05, 03:55 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

JustSomeGuy wrote:[color=blue]
> I need to log into a web page automatically.[/color]

Then do it.
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> The web page has a password text field and a login button.
> (A form?)[/color]

Thats what most use. A form that you submit.
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> How do I simulate that a user logged in and entered the password
> and pressed the login button?[/color]

Hmmmm. Maybe by filling in the username password and clicking the login
button?

Maybe a little more explanation of what you are trying to do. Of the
three groups you posted to, only 2 can help you. You can't do what you
are describing with plain HTML.

--
Randy
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**AngleWyrm** · Jul 23 '05, 03:55 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

"JustSomeGu y" <nope@nottellin g.com> wrote in message
news:zoGud.4842 53$%k.323851@pd 7tw2no...[color=blue]
> I need to log into a web page automatically.[/color]
[color=blue]
> The web page has a password text field and a login button.
> (A form?)
>
> How do I simulate that a user logged in and entered the password
> and pressed the login button?[/color]

"Tim Tyler" <tim@tt1lock.or g> wrote in message news:I8KuFM.150 @bath.ac.uk...[color=blue]
> I'm after some software that tracks down past postings on usenet, and
> uses some heuristics to compose new messages along similar lines.
>
> The same sort of thing that people use to make computer-generated
> bach compositions - IOW.
> __________
> |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ tim@tt1lock.org Remove lock to reply.[/color]

An insane child is posing as multiple users on usenet, "posting" clipped pages
from some paranoid delusion on the Kennedies, etc. The purpose of the identity
theft is to
offend the real person into replying to a cross-posted message, to flood
news.admin.net-abuse.email with irate users.

The person desiring to cause misery to usenet users is now asking for assistance
in programming the job. Consider this before helping: Do you actually want to
flood the newsgroups you read with spam?

-:|:-
AngleWyrm

**Brian** · Jul 23 '05, 03:55 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

JustSomeGuy wrote:[color=blue]
> I need to log into a web page automatically.[/color]

Some browsers will let you store username/passwords for you. Is that
what you want?
[color=blue]
> The web page has a password text field and a login button. (A form?)[/color]

So it seems. Url?
[color=blue]
> How do I simulate that a user logged in and entered the password and
> pressed the login button?[/color]

Simulate how? I'm not clear on what you want. Perhaps you can cofigure
your server to allow certain ip addresses access with a satisfy any command.

Your post is off-topic for ciwah, so I've trimmed this response's x-posting.

--
Brian (remove "invalid" to email me)

**JustSomeGuy** · Jul 23 '05, 03:56 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

I'm not sure I know what to make of this response...

**Neal** · Jul 23 '05, 03:56 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:58:57 GMT, JustSomeGuy <nope@nottellin g.com> wrote:
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> I'm not sure I know what to make of this response...[/color]

I think the poster is expressing dismay that you would be attempting to
make a spider, or something like it, which would automatically fill in
forms and log into sites, and is speculating on the nature of your
motivations for doing such a thing.

I was going to reply to your original post, but I didn't know enough about
what you were trying to accomplish really, and wasn't sure what to ask to
fill out the information. But certainly a bit more detail on what you're
trying to do would help others give more relevant, perhaps even helpful,
responses.

**JustSomeGuy** · Jul 23 '05, 03:56 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

"Neal" <neal413@yahoo. com> wrote in message
news:opsiwp58dm 6v6656@news.ind ividual.net...[color=blue]
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:58:57 GMT, JustSomeGuy <nope@nottellin g.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I'm not sure I know what to make of this response...[/color]
>
> I think the poster is expressing dismay that you would be attempting to
> make a spider, or something like it, which would automatically fill in
> forms and log into sites, and is speculating on the nature of your
> motivations for doing such a thing.
>
> I was going to reply to your original post, but I didn't know enough about
> what you were trying to accomplish really, and wasn't sure what to ask to
> fill out the information. But certainly a bit more detail on what you're
> trying to do would help others give more relevant, perhaps even helpful,
> responses.[/color]

Yes I guess that might be a 'security' issue. Basically I'm logging into a
device that has a web interaface and I'm automating the interface. The
first step is to log into the device. Hence the first form is a login.
I have the html to this device and hence know the 'variables' that need to
be set. I'm simply not sure of the HTML POST/GET procedure at this point.

**Bill Godfrey** · Jul 23 '05, 03:57 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

"JustSomeGu y" <nope@nottellin g.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> I need to log into a web page automatically.
> The web page has a password text field and a login button.
> (A form?)[/color]

wget is great for this sort of thing.

Bill, for sym in $(cat symbs.txt); do for stat in $(cat stats.txt); do wget
"http://user:pass@examp le.com/getdata.php?sym =$sym;stat=$sta t"; done; done

**Grant Wagner** · Jul 23 '05, 03:58 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

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"JustSomeGu y" <nope@nottellin g.com> wrote in message
news:Z00vd.4733 80$Pl.75019@pd7 tw1no...[color=blue]
>
> "Neal" <neal413@yahoo. com> wrote in message
> news:opsiwp58dm 6v6656@news.ind ividual.net...[color=green]
> > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:58:57 GMT, JustSomeGuy <nope@nottellin g.com>[/color][/color]
wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
> >[color=darkred]
> > > I'm not sure I know what to make of this response...[/color]
> >
> > I think the poster is expressing dismay that you would be attempting[/color][/color]
to[color=blue][color=green]
> > make a spider, or something like it, which would automatically fill[/color][/color]
in[color=blue][color=green]
> > forms and log into sites, and is speculating on the nature of your
> > motivations for doing such a thing.
> >
> > I was going to reply to your original post, but I didn't know enough[/color][/color]
about[color=blue][color=green]
> > what you were trying to accomplish really, and wasn't sure what to[/color][/color]
ask to[color=blue][color=green]
> > fill out the information. But certainly a bit more detail on what[/color][/color]
you're[color=blue][color=green]
> > trying to do would help others give more relevant, perhaps even[/color][/color]
helpful,[color=blue][color=green]
> > responses.[/color]
>
> Yes I guess that might be a 'security' issue. Basically I'm logging[/color]
into a[color=blue]
> device that has a web interaface and I'm automating the interface.[/color]
The[color=blue]
> first step is to log into the device. Hence the first form is a[/color]
login.[color=blue]
> I have the html to this device and hence know the 'variables' that[/color]
need to[color=blue]
> be set. I'm simply not sure of the HTML POST/GET procedure at this[/color]
point.

http://host/path/to/page.cgi?userName=user&userPassword=password

The above will work assuming that the device accepts a GET. The text of
"userName" and "userPasswo rd" would be the names of the inputs on the
login form. You may also need to include some additional hidden
parameters and values from the original form.

Note that if your device puts a unique session id into a hidden input on
the login form or something similar, then the above simply will not
work.

--
Grant Wagner <gwagner@agrico reunited.com>

**Mr.Clean** · Jul 23 '05, 04:02 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

In article <zoGud.484253$% k.323851@pd7tw2 no>, nope@nottelling .com
says...[color=blue]
> I need to log into a web page automatically.
>
> The web page has a password text field and a login button.
> (A form?)
>
> How do I simulate that a user logged in and entered the password
> and pressed the login button?[/color]

More info is definately needed here.
What development language are you talking about?
Is this to be a standalone program or...?

**JustSomeGuy** · Jul 23 '05, 04:03 PM

Re: Simulate Web Form Input.

"Mr.Clean" <mrclean@p&g.co m> wrote in message
news:1103143233 .8faa1e2c2db71c d6f1c7d5b41952a 2ee@teranews...[color=blue]
> In article <zoGud.484253$% k.323851@pd7tw2 no>, nope@nottelling .com
> says...[color=green]
> > I need to log into a web page automatically.
> >
> > The web page has a password text field and a login button.
> > (A form?)
> >
> > How do I simulate that a user logged in and entered the password
> > and pressed the login button?[/color]
>
> More info is definately needed here.
> What development language are you talking about?
> Is this to be a standalone program or...?[/color]

This is a c++ program for which html classes exist.

Simulate Web Form Input.

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