Bypassing a session ID?

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mostro - 22 Dec 2004 14:27 GMT

Hi All,

Example: A webpage exists that allows you to fill out a form and click
submit. The page next page displays the information found from your search
criteria. The form includes information like Fname, Lname, Address and Zip.
I want to programmatically fill out the form and submit the information only
to recieve the final search result page. The problem I am having is that the
page uses a session ID. Is there a way to get around this?

Thanks in advance.

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Joerg Jooss - 22 Dec 2004 18:41 GMT

> Hi All,
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> The problem I am having is that the page uses a session ID. Is there
> a way to get around this?

Hopefully not ;-)

But why not obtain a session id programmatically as well?

Cheers,

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mostro - 23 Dec 2004 16:54 GMT

I guess I will have to do the research. I'm not really a programmer just
trying to design the flow. Got any ideas?

Thanks

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> Cheers,

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Joerg Jooss - 24 Dec 2004 08:52 GMT

> I guess I will have to do the research. I'm not really a programmer
> just trying to design the flow. Got any ideas?

At the end of the day, what you're tring to design is similar to a remote
control for the 3rd party web application. Emulate the web application's
flow for a regular user. If there's a login page, your remote control must
login as well. If there's no login but some kind of entry page that issues
session ids, include that page.

You probably should sit down with a dev and show him the flow of pages you
want to repeat programmatically.

Cheers,

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