Use XMLHTTP to log on website and then post data

[tonyibm]

i need to input data to our company's internal webpages, and first have to log on with userid and password,

i can use the following code to post the userid and password,

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Then the next step is to post data, i try to follow with the codes below, but then the responsetext returned is blank,

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How to log on first,then post data ?

[Kyle123]

You need to use the winhttp request object rather than XML since it will look after the cookies for you. The syntax is identical though

[tonyibm]

Thanks, after i changed to CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1"), it is the same, after the first post, i can get the responsetext, but after the second, the responsetext is still blank,

[tonyibm]

can not find method how to solve the problem ?

[tonyibm]

is there someone that have some tips about such problem ?

[Kyle123]

You need to work out whether your log on script is actually working, have you checked the response from the first POST to check that you have logged on successfully?

[tonyibm]

Thanks Kyle123,
yes, i checked in the responsetext, the first post is successfull,

[Kyle123]

So you are successfully logged on, can you access other logged in areas that use get requests rather than post?

[tonyibm]

So you are successfully logged on, can you access other logged in areas that use get requests rather than post?

other logged in area ? what that mean ?

[Kyle123]

Another area that requires you to log-in on the site. Can you return the data?

Also - you are still using WinHTTPRequest aren't you?

[tonyibm]

Another area that requires you to log-in on the site. Can you return the data?

Also - you are still using WinHTTPRequest aren't you?

Thanks, i found the reason, first i log in, and then normally go to the second page, but i missed the second page, and go to the third page directly,

it is strange that: when i used POST, there is URL specifed, why the second page can not be be passed ?

[Kyle123]

I don't know, to be honest it's difficult to speculate without looking, but maybe the search query is cached and the cached request id is sent via a cookie - since the initial request hasn't been sent there's no cached table. This is just a guess and pure speculation though

[tonyibm]

I don't know, to be honest it's difficult to speculate without looking, but maybe the search query is cached and the cached request id is sent via a cookie - since the initial request hasn't been sent there's no cached table. This is just a guess and pure speculation though

i noticed that the referer point to the previous page, i don' whether it is the reason,

one more problem, for the posted data, it is like this:

ship_type=wt&ship_from=3&coats_order=&req_reason=FOR+1Q%2713+SYSTEM+X+RESALE&lab_owned=no&classification=unclassified&reqinfo_button=Next

The req_reason is "FOR 1Q'13 SYSTEM X RESALE", how 1Q'13 turn to be 1Q%27 ? what's the logic?

is there some function to convert the source text to be the format in posted data ?