login via post

[M444]

Hi everyone,

Im trying to make an auto-login process for a web page requireing a user ID and Password. Ive done this in the past using the Posts that are in the HTML ie.

http://www.webpage.com/login.cgi?Userid=MyName&Password=MyPass

but this particular web page uses .asp im not sure if that is why but it won't login with this method. ie.

https://wontwork.com/login.asp?Userid=MyName&Password=Pass

Doesnt work!!!

anyone know why this might not work? or how I can find exactly what to send the browser to make it work?

Please if you even the least bit of an idea on this matter id appreciate your feedback!

 

[trollacious]

It looks like the page may not even be there. If it is, then show your code on it for processing the form data.

 

[M444]

sorry I could'nt post the actual website because it requires a password... the link was just an example of the data i might send to the actual page. Ill see if i can come up with some source code that is similar to it and post that later.

Thanks

 

[Vragabond]

How does the page process its username and password. You are assuming Request.QueryString though it might be a Request.Form. If it is the latter, your attempts will be completely ignored and you will have to look at creating a form on the fly. Also check the name of the variables, if they seem to be correct.

 

[M444]

Hi Vragabond,

Thank you, I will look into the differnce between Request.QueryString and Request.Form. The variables are correct.

If you could, I would greatly appreciate any info on the difference between the two and how I can tell which it is. For now I will search tek-tips and the web.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Vragabond]

Request.QueryString grabs the information from the address bar. If your .asp page would grab information from there, there should be a call to:
Request.QueryString('Userid')
Request.QueryString('Password')

However if your .asp page grabs info from posted data (usually from a form with a method="post"), then it is Request.Form where data can be grabbed like this:
Request.Form('Userid')
Request.Form('Password')

The point is that you cannot grab the information from either posted data or data from a address but have to explicitly say which you are using.

 

[chessbot]

Unlike php ($REQUEST[]).

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