Form Post via HttpWebRequest

[Tony Hunter]

Hello,

I am trying to automatically login to websites after I have used SSO to get
the credentials. For my test, I am working with my Yahoo account. The code
that I am using is code that many have said works fine. I have done some
tweaking to fit my specific needs. The Problem is when I post to the My
Yahoo login page, the apparently the user name and password are being passed
because my user name is accepted, but I am told that there is an INVALID
PASSWORD. I know the password is correct because I use the account all the
time. Has anyone had this problem? Can anyone help me? Thank you in
advance.

Tony

Here is the code I am using:

void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e) {

string appURL = "http://login.yahoo.com/config/login";
string strPostData = String.Format(" login={0}&passw ord={1}",
"myloginnam e", "mypassword ");

// Setup the http request.
HttpWebRequest wrWebRequest = WebRequest.Crea te(appURL) as
HttpWebRequest;
wrWebRequest.Me thod = "POST";
wrWebRequest.Co ntentLength = strPostData.Len gth;
wrWebRequest.Co ntentType = "applicatio n/x-www-form-urlencoded";
wrWebRequest.Co okieContainer = new CookieContainer ();

// Post to the login form.
StreamWriter swRequestWriter = new
StreamWriter(wr WebRequest.GetR equestStream()) ;
swRequestWriter .Write(strPostD ata);
swRequestWriter .Close();

// Get the response.
HttpWebResponse hwrWebResponse =
(HttpWebRespons e)wrWebRequest. GetResponse();

// Have some cookies.
CookieCollectio n ccCookies = hwrWebResponse. Cookies;

// Read the response
StreamReader srResponseReade r = new
StreamReader(hw rWebResponse.Ge tResponseStream ());
string strResponseData = srResponseReade r.ReadToEnd();
srResponseReade r.Close();

// Display the response.
Response.Write( strResponseData );
}

[Tony Hunter]

Never mind. I figured it out.

Tony

"Tony Hunter" <to*********@mi si.com> wrote in message
news:#V******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P10.phx.gbl...

Hello,

I am trying to automatically login to websites after I have used SSO to get the credentials. For my test, I am working with my Yahoo account. The code that I am using is code that many have said works fine. I have done some
tweaking to fit my specific needs. The Problem is when I post to the My
Yahoo login page, the apparently the user name and password are being passed because my user name is accepted, but I am told that there is an INVALID
PASSWORD. I know the password is correct because I use the account all the time. Has anyone had this problem? Can anyone help me? Thank you in
advance.

Tony

Here is the code I am using:

void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e) {

string appURL = "http://login.yahoo.com/config/login";
string strPostData = String.Format(" login={0}&passw ord={1}",
"myloginnam e", "mypassword ");

// Setup the http request.
HttpWebRequest wrWebRequest = WebRequest.Crea te(appURL) as
HttpWebRequest;
wrWebRequest.Me thod = "POST";
wrWebRequest.Co ntentLength = strPostData.Len gth;
wrWebRequest.Co ntentType = "applicatio n/x-www-form-urlencoded";
wrWebRequest.Co okieContainer = new CookieContainer ();

// Post to the login form.
StreamWriter swRequestWriter = new
StreamWriter(wr WebRequest.GetR equestStream()) ;
swRequestWriter .Write(strPostD ata);
swRequestWriter .Close();

// Get the response.
HttpWebResponse hwrWebResponse =
(HttpWebRespons e)wrWebRequest. GetResponse();

// Have some cookies.
CookieCollectio n ccCookies = hwrWebResponse. Cookies;

// Read the response
StreamReader srResponseReade r = new
StreamReader(hw rWebResponse.Ge tResponseStream ());
string strResponseData = srResponseReade r.ReadToEnd();
srResponseReade r.Close();

// Display the response.
Response.Write( strResponseData );
}

[alexdp]

Tony, so tell us.... What did it take to get it to work?

Alex

"Tony Hunter" wrote:

Never mind. I figured it out.

Tony

"Tony Hunter" <to*********@mi si.com> wrote in message
news:#V******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P10.phx.gbl...

Hello,

I am trying to automatically login to websites after I have used SSO to

get

the credentials. For my test, I am working with my Yahoo account. The

code

that I am using is code that many have said works fine. I have done some
tweaking to fit my specific needs. The Problem is when I post to the My
Yahoo login page, the apparently the user name and password are being

passed

because my user name is accepted, but I am told that there is an INVALID
PASSWORD. I know the password is correct because I use the account all

the

time. Has anyone had this problem? Can anyone help me? Thank you in
advance.

Tony

Here is the code I am using:

void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e) {

string appURL = "http://login.yahoo.com/config/login";
string strPostData = String.Format(" login={0}&passw ord={1}",
"myloginnam e", "mypassword ");

// Setup the http request.
HttpWebRequest wrWebRequest = WebRequest.Crea te(appURL) as
HttpWebRequest;
wrWebRequest.Me thod = "POST";
wrWebRequest.Co ntentLength = strPostData.Len gth;
wrWebRequest.Co ntentType = "applicatio n/x-www-form-urlencoded";
wrWebRequest.Co okieContainer = new CookieContainer ();

// Post to the login form.
StreamWriter swRequestWriter = new
StreamWriter(wr WebRequest.GetR equestStream()) ;
swRequestWriter .Write(strPostD ata);
swRequestWriter .Close();

// Get the response.
HttpWebResponse hwrWebResponse =
(HttpWebRespons e)wrWebRequest. GetResponse();

// Have some cookies.
CookieCollectio n ccCookies = hwrWebResponse. Cookies;

// Read the response
StreamReader srResponseReade r = new
StreamReader(hw rWebResponse.Ge tResponseStream ());
string strResponseData = srResponseReade r.ReadToEnd();
srResponseReade r.Close();

// Display the response.
Response.Write( strResponseData );
}

[Sougata]

Here is the solution...try it

replace the part of your code by (not 'password'...wi ll be 'passwd') -

string strPostData = String.Format(" login={0}&passw d={1}",
"myloginnam e", "mypassword ");

Enjoy !!!

Hello,

I am trying to automatically login to websites after I have used SSO to get
the credentials. For my test, I am working with my Yahoo account. The code
that I am using is code that many have said works fine. I have done some
tweaking to fit my specific needs. The Problem is when I post to the My
Yahoo login page, the apparently the user name and password are being passed
because my user name is accepted, but I am told that there is an INVALID
PASSWORD. I know the password is correct because I use the account all the
time. Has anyone had this problem? Can anyone help me? Thank you in
advance.

Tony

Here is the code I am using:

void Page_Load(objec t sender, EventArgs e) {

string appURL = "http://login.yahoo.com/config/login";
string strPostData = String.Format(" login={0}&passw ord={1}",
"myloginnam e", "mypassword ");

// Setup the http request.
HttpWebRequest wrWebRequest = WebRequest.Crea te(appURL) as
HttpWebRequest;
wrWebRequest.Me thod = "POST";
wrWebRequest.Co ntentLength = strPostData.Len gth;
wrWebRequest.Co ntentType = "applicatio n/x-www-form-urlencoded";
wrWebRequest.Co okieContainer = new CookieContainer ();

// Post to the login form.
StreamWriter swRequestWriter = new
StreamWriter(wr WebRequest.GetR equestStream()) ;
swRequestWriter .Write(strPostD ata);
swRequestWriter .Close();

// Get the response.
HttpWebResponse hwrWebResponse =
(HttpWebRespons e)wrWebRequest. GetResponse();

// Have some cookies.
CookieCollectio n ccCookies = hwrWebResponse. Cookies;

// Read the response
StreamReader srResponseReade r = new
StreamReader(hw rWebResponse.Ge tResponseStream ());
string strResponseData = srResponseReade r.ReadToEnd();
srResponseReade r.Close();

// Display the response.
Response.Write( strResponseData );
}