Using libcurl to log into Twitter

[JohnDou]

Hello all. I attempted to make a program that logs into twitter programmatically using libcurl. My progress thus far:

- retrieves HTML content from login page
- fetches the authenticity code (cookie) from the pile of data

I am stumped at the next step... using that authenticity token to POST a request for login. Is this possible to accomplish with libcurl + twitter?


If so, how can I accomplish this?

Example of token:
authenticity_token=0e499692c4a7cad27f09d0b83aef779 9f0f75f0


Thank you for any guidance!

[JohnDou]

"Computer questions not related to C/C++/C# programming"

why was my thread moved here...? :/

[Salem]

Because you didn't post any C or C++ code.

Download wireshark, and use it to understand how twitter works when using your browser.

After that, it just seems to be reading some examples -> libcurl - source code examples

[JohnDou]

Because you didn't post any C or C++ code.

Download wireshark, and use it to understand how twitter works when using your browser.

After that, it just seems to be reading some examples -> libcurl - source code examples

I attempted to do that but failed miserably >.<
I am not sure what I am looking for or how to filter so its twitter's packets only.
I just get endless flow of packets when i run it

If I'm not wrong I just need to figure out the post fields? How can I get the proper post format for twitter's login?
The below is an example of how to set the post fields using libcurl:
/* Now specify the POST data */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "name=daniel&project=curl");