curl-users
Re: Using curl with vbulletin site?
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel-curl_at_haxx.se>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 16:48:11 +0200 (CEST)
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 16:48:11 +0200 (CEST)
On Fri, 13 May 2005, Chris wrote:
> Is it possible to use curl to access pages within a vbulletin forum BBS?
curl can "access" just about all pages you can access with your browser. It is
often just a matter of work to figure out exactly how.
> I've been trying to access my account within a vbulletin login/password site
> but can not seem to get it correct.
>
> Any pointers?
General:
Use POST to login, keep cookie, follow locations, access next page with the
store cookies...
Use livehttpheaders to trace a "manual" operation with your browser, then
repeat that flow with curl commandlines.
-- Commercial curl and libcurl Technical Support: http://haxx.se/curl.htmlReceived on 2005-05-13