Login to a forum

[pjo Guest]

Hi!
I am trying to login to a free, public, registration-required forum but
I got some problem.

function Login-Forex{
param(
[string]$uname,
[string]$url="http://www.testsitecom/",
[bool]$cookie=$FALSE
)

$creds = get-credential $uname
$pass = $creds.GetNetworkCredential().Password
$user = $creds.GetNetworkCredential().username
$ie=new-object -com internetexplorer.application
$ie.visible=$FALSE
$ie.navigate($url)
# while($ie.ReadyState -ne 4) {start-sleep -Milliseconds 1}
Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

$ie.document.getElementById("navbar_username").value = $user
$ie.document.getElementById("navbar_password").value = $pass
# $ie.document.getElementsByName("PersistentCookie") | foreach
{$_.checked=$cookie}
$forms = @($ie.Document.forms | where {$_.action -match "do=login"})
Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
# $ie.document.getElementById("Log In").submit()
$forms[0].submit()
}

Login-Forex xxxx



For some reason, navbar_username and navbar_password gets null.
So if these are null, $user and $pass should be submitted.
Please advise how to write it.

Thanks in advance.

pjo:surrender


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[Shay Levi Guest]

Hi

No one can test your code since the URL is bogus.
Can you test the code manually, wait for the page to finish loading
and then invoking the navbar_username and navbar_password lines?

BTW, '$user = $creds.GetNetworkCredential().username' is unnecessary since
you already have it ($uname parameter).

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Shay Levi
$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

> Hi!
> I am trying to login to a free, public, registration-required forum
> but
> I got some problem.
> function Login-Forex{
> param(
> [string]$uname,
> [string]$url="http://www.testsitecom/",
> [bool]$cookie=$FALSE
> )
> $creds = get-credential $uname
> $pass = $creds.GetNetworkCredential().Password
> $user = $creds.GetNetworkCredential().username
> $ie=new-object -com internetexplorer.application
> $ie.visible=$FALSE
> $ie.navigate($url)
> # while($ie.ReadyState -ne 4) {start-sleep -Milliseconds 1}
> Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
> $ie.document.getElementById("navbar_username").value = $user
> $ie.document.getElementById("navbar_password").value = $pass
> # $ie.document.getElementsByName("PersistentCookie") | foreach
> {$_.checked=$cookie}
> $forms = @($ie.Document.forms | where {$_.action -match "do=login"})
> Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
> # $ie.document.getElementById("Log In").submit()
> $forms[0].submit()
> }
> Login-Forex xxxx
>
> For some reason, navbar_username and navbar_password gets null. So if
> these are null, $user and $pass should be submitted. Please advise how
> to write it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> pjo:surrender
>

[Marco Shaw [MVP] Guest]

>> $ie.visible=$FALSE

Also, just for fun, try this when setting this to $TRUE.

Marco

[pjo Guest]

Thanks SHay,

Yes I tested it manually.
It does not work any more.

This guy said this is Vista/IE7 limitation.
http://www.systemscript.com/forumps1...sts.asp?TID=17
http://www.systemscript.com/forumps1...sts.asp?TID=16

Are we in a big trouble using PowerShell on Vista ?

pjo


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[Oisin (x0n) Grehan [MVP] Guest]

On Feb 12, 9:50*am, Shay Levi <n...@xxxxxx> wrote:

>
> No one can test your code since the URL is bogus.

And as an aside to the main topic, there is actually a reachable url
reserved (RFC2606) for exactly this kind of thing:

http://www.example.com/

for more information, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt

- Oisin

[Shay Levi Guest]

Interesting... thanks.



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Shay Levi
$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

> On Feb 12, 9:50 am, Shay Levi <n...@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

>> No one can test your code since the URL is bogus.
>>

> And as an aside to the main topic, there is actually a reachable url
> reserved (RFC2606) for exactly this kind of thing:
>
> http://www.example.com/
>
> for more information, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt
>
> - Oisin
>

[Shay Levi Guest]

What happend? It already worked. Can you check if the following works?

http://scriptolog.blogspot.com/2007/...web-forms.html



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Shay Levi
$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

> Thanks SHay,
>
> Yes I tested it manually.
> It does not work any more.
> This guy said this is Vista/IE7 limitation.
> http://www.systemscript.com/forumps1...sts.asp?TID=17
> http://www.systemscript.com/forumps1...sts.asp?TID=16
>
> Are we in a big trouble using PowerShell on Vista ?
>
> pjo
>

[pjo Guest]

Oisin Thanks for your comment.

But I do not know how to use http://www.example.com/
Could you explain in detail ?

pjo


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[pjo Guest]

Hi Shay,

This Gmail login does not work in Vista here.
It looks like the same problem regarding PS/IE7 focus.

pjo

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Shay Levi;1706487 Wrote:

> What happend? It already worked. Can you check if the following works?
>
> http://scriptolog.blogspot.com/2007/...web-forms.html
>
>
>
> -----
> Shay Levi
> $cript Fanatic
> http://scriptolog.blogspot.com
>

> > Thanks SHay,
> >
> > Yes I tested it manually.
> > It does not work any more.
> > This guy said this is Vista/IE7 limitation.
> > http://www.systemscript.com/forumps1...sts.asp?TID=17
> > http://www.systemscript.com/forumps1...sts.asp?TID=16
> >
> > Are we in a big trouble using PowerShell on Vista ?
> >
> > pjo
> >

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[pjo Guest]

Hi!
The Admin at http://www.systemscript.com/forumps1us/default.asp
found out that on Vista PowerShell must be run as an admin !!!!
This solved all the problem !

pjo:wdone:


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