Well that is the thing, David. curl simulates one transaction a
browser makes. Because this process involves an 'exchange' of data,
the browser does 3 transactions to get it done. You can't go direct to
step 3. You might if the session ID never expires, but I doubt anyone
would allow that. Sometimes session ID (cookie) allows auth bypass. I
am new to curl too, and I may be wrong, but as much as I have
struggled with javascript logins and other login difficulties, trying
to do this in one go is unlikely.

On 4/17/06, Plunkett, David <dwplunkett_at_novanthealth.org> wrote:
>
>
> I'm new at using cURL and I'm having a problem with sending a file to one of
> our vendors.
>
> I'm able to get the file to the vendor but it takes 3 attempts before the
> file is successfully sent. I originally thought this was a problem with the
> vendor. I sent them the output from cURL after each attempt and I was told
> it was working correctly.
>
> On try #1 : You connect, the server responds with an Auth required.
>
> On try #2 : You connect, respond to the auth challenge, and get your cookie.
>
> On try #3 : You connect present the auth cookie and are allowed to proceed.
>
> Can anyone tell me how I can send the file in just 1 attempt?
>
> Please see below for version and output.
>
>
Received on 2006-04-17