Form Posting and cookies

How would I go about posting a form using the POST method within my own browser.

For instance, if I wanted to log into my web based email account thru my own program.

Also, would using my own web browser send my cookies along with the form posting? I'd like it to send the appropriate cookies.

I used the wizard to create a web browser, and noticed this.

Code:

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brwWebBrowser.Navigate cboAddress.Text

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Now I also noticed that one of the options is "Post Data" I think this is what I'm looking for in order to be able to post data to the web server. Can anyone tell me how to enter the data?

For instance if the form had a username and a password and the username were "Chris H" and the password were "pass" how would I add it onto

Code:

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brwWebBrowser.Navigate cboAddress.Text

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*If the webpage were using the GET method life would be so much easier*

If you dont need the web browser you can use the Internet Transfer control to post data to the web server.

sweet, the web browser was just a throw in.

what is the code for the inet control to do that?

Can I find the info at MSDN?

This article says its about POST but its really about get.
http://www.vbsquare.com/internet/cgi/

I can try whipping up a sample POST program for you but its gonna have to wait until after my chemistry is done :)

Ok the Internet Transfer control doesnt seem to cut it, but we can emulate a post using the Winsock control. I hacked the following little bit of code together just now so sorry if its a bit rough (its late).

Code:

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Option Explicit

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Winsock1.Connect "sajendra.dhs.org", 80

End Sub

Private Sub Winsock1_Connect()
    Winsock1.SendData "GET /saj/classes/xml/CGIPost/test.asp HTTP/1.0" & vbNewLine
    Winsock1.SendData "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" & vbNewLine

   
    Dim myData As String
    myData = "name=myname&password=mypassword"
   
    Winsock1.SendData "Content-length: " & Len(myData)
    Winsock1.SendData vbNewLine
    Winsock1.SendData myData
    Winsock1.SendData vbNewLine
    Winsock1.SendData vbNewLine

End Sub


Private Sub Winsock1_DataArrival(ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
    If bytesTotal = 0 Then Exit Sub
    Dim received As String
    Winsock1.GetData received, 0, bytesTotal
   
    MsgBox received
End Sub

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