Can LB access a web site using Username/Password

[daved]

I can use calldll #url, "URLDownloadToFileA",_ to download a specific file from a public site.
Is there a way in LB to access a web site that requires a Username/Password pair and then download a specific file.

[Kuron]

It depends on how the username and password are entered on the site. Some sites allow you to do it this way. Example:

This site requires a username and password. Access is free though and the site lists the username and password on the site:

www.revolutionradioarchives.com/files/

So the username is: revradio and the password is: rocks!

You can modify the URL to automatically provide the username and password like this:

https://revradio:rocks!@revolutionradioarchives.com/files/

Many sites can be accessed this way by providing the username first, then a colon, then the password, the @ sign and the domain and any path and you can target individual files as well, like you are wanting to do. Like this:

https://revradio:rocks!@revolutionradioarchives.com/files/audio-bible/John.mp3

Hope this helps!  If it is not what you were wanting, I apologize for misreading your post and apologize for wasting your time.

[Kuron]

PS... I can't provide specific LB code, because I can't find my LB 4 registration info or email. I may have to break down and ask Carl, he knows me and knows I am not trying to scam him and I do have my PayPal order info.

[xxgeek]

Another option....
In Windows 10 or later you can use the built in curl command as well.

The example below downloads to the DefaultDir$

   url$ = "https://revradio:rocks!@revolutionradioarchives.com/files/audio-bible/John.mp3"
  run "curl -O ";url$;" --user "+chr$(34)+"revradio:rocks!"+chr$(34)',hide   'uncomment the ,hide to hide the download window
end
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[daved]

Thanks for the help. The Uname:Pword@domain and curl examples do work!

[Brandon Parker]

An LB specific example is not much different...

This is specific code to application I wrote to interface with my pool controller
response$ = HttpGet$("http://";Username$;":";Password$;"@";Winstring(Val(Eval$("PoolMonitor.poolIPAddress";i;".struct")));"/data/get")

Yours would look something like this. You would just need to know the specific address that downloads the file.
yourWebAddress$ = "Some URL goes here!"
response$ = HttpGet$("http://";Username$;":";Password$;"@";yourWebAddress$)


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Brandon Parker

[Kuron]

daved You are welcome.