Getting data from a secure web page

[Terry Judd]

Hi Sarah - I'd really like to see a solution to this as well, so if you come
up with anything can you post it to the list?

Best regards,

Terry...


On 3/02/10 11:01 AM, "Sarah Reichelt" <sarah.reichelt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I need the ability to download a secure web page (I have the login
> details) and get data from it. This is so I can allow everyone to
> monitor internet usage, so we don't go over in a month and get
> speed-capped to dial-up to speeds.
> 
> On my browser, I go to
> <https://memberservices.optuszoo.com.au/login/?target=/myusage/>
> and when I enter the name & password, I get to
> <https://memberservices.optuszoo.com.au/myusage/> which has the data I
> need.
> 
> I have tried using Rev directly:
>     put URL "https://memberservices.optuszoo.com.au/myusage/"
> and
>     put URL 
> "https://username:password@memberservices.optuszoo.com.au/myusage/"
> but these give no data at all.
> 
> Then I tried curl, but I have to say I find it very confusing with
> it's multitude of options. I tried several options that gave nothing
> and some that gave me back a web page, but always just the login page
> again.
> 
> revBrowser allows me to get the login page, enter my details and
> login, then get the html source so I can find the usage data I need,
> but this is only a useful technique if I have a way to submit a form
> automatically from a revBrowser.
> 
> So does anyone have a way of getting data from a page like this?
> 
> TIA,
> Sarah
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