Re: fopen https and login?

On Mon, 5 May 2003 16:28:58 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >I can access the url directly (csv output) but it requires a login first. >The login is in a form on the page and doesn't pass information in the >url. > >Is there any way I can do this, I should I start investigating other >ideas? You need to submit the variables as a POST (multipart/form-data), rather than a GET (url-encoded). A web search will throw up examples of POSTs, or you can log what's happening between the site and your browser when you log in with a proxy or a packet sniffer. I'm guessing that you'll also have to hold a cookie from the site, too, and retransmit it when you go to your data page. Here's a class that can do it.... http://snoopy.sourceforge.net/ but it's just HTTP text - it's pretty easy to write your own.