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programmaticall y fill out an external webform

I need to access an info page in an external website, normally
accessible after filling username and password in a form.

I would like to hide this complexity (!) from the user, allowing them
to access it through an internal web page (which I would design) maybe
with a simple hyperlink.

How could I use ASP.NET for designing a webpage that will
programmaticall y fill out two fields (user and password) in a simple
html form (through https)?

The application will fill the two fields and virtually click the
"login" button
on the web form.

I lack the overview how to practically do this.

Nov 19 '05 #1
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cgian31 wrote:
I need to access an info page in an external website, normally
accessible after filling username and password in a form.

I would like to hide this complexity (!) from the user, allowing them
to access it through an internal web page (which I would design) maybe
with a simple hyperlink.

How could I use ASP.NET for designing a webpage that will
programmaticall y fill out two fields (user and password) in a simple
html form (through https)?

The application will fill the two fields and virtually click the
"login" button
on the web form.

I lack the overview how to practically do this.


You could use the System.Net.Http WebRequest class to send the request
to your remote web page.

eg: HttpWebRequest myReq =
(HttpWebRequest )WebRequest.Cre ate("https://www.remoteserve r.com/");
So a search on HttpWebRequest on Google.. otherwise the following I
found is a good example:

http://weblogs.asp.net/guys/archive/...21/414118.aspx

Good Luck!

Dirc

--

Nov 19 '05 #2
cgian,

You don't need to fill out the page and "click" the button.

Just send the page that would normally receive the first one the data it
needs.

Use a WebRequest object and post to the receiving page.

--
Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzsche
"cgian31" <cg*****@katama il.com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ g47g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
I need to access an info page in an external website, normally
accessible after filling username and password in a form.

I would like to hide this complexity (!) from the user, allowing them
to access it through an internal web page (which I would design) maybe
with a simple hyperlink.

How could I use ASP.NET for designing a webpage that will
programmaticall y fill out two fields (user and password) in a simple
html form (through https)?

The application will fill the two fields and virtually click the
"login" button
on the web form.

I lack the overview how to practically do this.

Nov 19 '05 #3

"cgian31" <cg*****@katama il.com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ g47g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
I need to access an info page in an external website, normally
accessible after filling username and password in a form.

I would like to hide this complexity (!) from the user, allowing them
to access it through an internal web page (which I would design) maybe
with a simple hyperlink.

You might also find this article/code useful.
http://west-wind.com/presentations/d...WebRequest.htm
mike
Nov 19 '05 #4
Thank you all for your replies.

I cannot use the receiving page with the appopriate query strings
because my destination is an asp page/form having two fields:
Username/Password and a button: Login.
When the username/pwd fields are filled in and the Login button is
pressed, the application generates a 15 fugures code, always different,
which is then embedded into the url with this style:
https://url.com/default.asp?<15 figures code>

Since I don't know the code, I cannot access the second page directly,
but I need to fill in the first form in order for the application to
generate this code.

I see that the HttpWebRequest class is what I need, but how to match
the userid/pwd I pass with the respective fields in the asp
application? Can anybody give me another small hint?

Nov 19 '05 #5
Also: how do I display the following page after the authentication, in
a browser?

Nov 19 '05 #6

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