Thread: Use libcurl to sign into webpage?

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    Use libcurl to sign into webpage?

    See both C++ and page source code below. I want to use libcurl to enter a username and password into the appropriate fields on the webpage and then click the submit button. What changes to the code below do I need to make?




    Code:
    
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <curl/curl.h>
    #include <curl/types.h>
    #include <curl/easy.h>
    
    
    
    
    int main()
    {
    
    
    curl_global_init( CURL_GLOBAL_ALL );
    CURL * myHandle = curl_easy_init ( );
    
    
    // Set up a couple initial paramaters that we will not need to mofiy later.
    curl_easy_setopt(myHandle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Mozilla/4.0");
    curl_easy_setopt(myHandle, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1 );
    curl_easy_setopt(myHandle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1 );
    curl_easy_setopt(myHandle, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "");
    
    
    // Visit the login page once to obtain a PHPSESSID cookie
    curl_easy_setopt(myHandle, CURLOPT_URL, "my website");
    
    
    
    
    curl_easy_perform( myHandle );
    
    
    
    
    // Now, can actually login. First we forge the HTTP referer field, or HTS will deny the login
    curl_easy_setopt(myHandle, CURLOPT_REFERER, "my website");
    // Next we tell LibCurl what HTTP POST data to submit
    char *data="Name/Badge=1234&Password=1234";
    curl_easy_setopt(myHandle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data);
    
    
    //curl_easy_setopt(myHandle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, 'ctl00$LogInButton[]=Sign in');
    
    
    
    
    curl_easy_perform( myHandle );
    curl_easy_cleanup( myHandle );
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    return 0;
    }









    HTML


    Code:
    
    <div id="loginForm">
        <div id="loginInput">
            <label for="ctl00_LoginTextBox" id="ctl00_LoginLabel">Name/Badge</label>
    	    <input name="ctl00$LoginTextBox" type="text" id="ctl00_LoginTextBox" class="PopupInput" />
    	</div>
    	<div id="passwordInput">
    	    <label for="ctl00_PasswordTextbox" id="ctl00_PasswordLabel">Password</label>
    	    <input name="ctl00$PasswordTextbox" type="password" id="ctl00_PasswordTextbox" class="PopupInput" />	    
    	</div>
    	<div id="equipmentbox">
            
            
            
            
        </div>
    </div>
    
    
    
    
    <div id="ctl00_LoginButtons">
    		
    	<input type="submit" name="ctl00$LogInButton" value="Sign in" id="ctl00_LogInButton" class="btn" />
    	
    	<input type="submit" name="ctl00$SwitchLoginScreenModeBT" value="Change Password" id="ctl00_SwitchLoginScreenModeBT" class="btn" />

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    Also here.

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    Am I not allowed to post the same thing in multiple forums?

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    Quote Originally Posted by aseagle View Post
    Am I not allowed to post the same thing in multiple forums?
    It is considered rude!

    Tim S.
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    oh. Didn't know. Sorry!

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    That aside, have you done as I suggested previously, and studied what a browser does when observed using wireshark.
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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    The issue with that is I am doing this on a work computer and I cannot download software like that without admin permission (which I don't have).

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    If your work place won't provide you with the tools you need to do the job, then you need to address that issue.

    Wireshark is absolutely essential for any serious network analysis and debugging.

    Also, does your employer have the licence or permission to go scraping the 3rd party website.
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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