[RESOLVED] Webpage Login+scraping with httpWebRequest

Dear sir, I want to download a webpage by httpWebRequest.

Web page Address >> http://www.stockbangladesh.com/resou...l=18455&inv=60

from a free website

http://www.stockbangladesh.com/

But that page requires login first.
my user name : babul37 and pass : mhbb7337

How can I download that page by httpWebRequest?

I have found several examples on this matter, but no example is complete. After a week of trying I fail.

Pls help me.

Add the following class

Code:

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Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
Imports System


Public Class WebPost
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
        m_sURL = String.Empty
        m_sReferer = String.Empty
        m_sUserAgent = "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"

        m_hwrRequest = Nothing
        m_hwrResponse = Nothing
        m_ccCookies = New CookieCollection()
    End Sub
#Region " Instance variables "
    Private m_sUserAgent As String
    Private m_hwrRequest As HttpWebRequest
    Private m_hwrResponse As HttpWebResponse
    Private m_ccCookies As CookieCollection
    Private m_sReferer As String
    Private m_sURL As String
#End Region

    Public ReadOnly Property Cookies() As CookieCollection
        Get
            Return m_ccCookies
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Property URL() As String
        Get
            Return m_sURL
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            m_sURL = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Property Referer() As String
        Get
            Return m_sReferer
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            m_sReferer = Value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Function Request(ByVal sPOSTData As String, Optional ByVal bAutoRedirect As Boolean = False) As String
        Dim uriSite As Uri
        Dim sReturn As String
        Dim srReader As StreamReader

        sReturn = String.Empty
        Try
            ' Setup request
            uriSite = New Uri(m_sURL)
            m_hwrRequest = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(uriSite), HttpWebRequest)
            m_hwrRequest.Referer = m_sReferer
            m_hwrRequest.UserAgent = m_sUserAgent
            m_hwrRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = bAutoRedirect
            m_hwrRequest.AllowWriteStreamBuffering = True
            m_hwrRequest.KeepAlive = False
            m_hwrRequest.Accept = "image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/x-shockwave-flash, */*"

            ''Set cookies if any
            'If m_ccCookies.Count > 0 Then
            '    m_hwrRequest.CookieContainer = New CookieContainer()
            '    m_hwrRequest.CookieContainer.Add(m_ccCookies)
            'End If

            'If POST data then set here
            If Not (sPOSTData Is Nothing) AndAlso sPOSTData.Length > 0 Then
                Dim stWS As Stream
                Dim aeEnc As ASCIIEncoding
                Dim baBuf As Byte()

                aeEnc = New ASCIIEncoding()
                baBuf = aeEnc.GetBytes(sPOSTData)

                m_hwrRequest.Method = "POST"
                m_hwrRequest.ContentLength = baBuf.Length
                m_hwrRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

                stWS = m_hwrRequest.GetRequestStream()
                stWS.Write(baBuf, 0, baBuf.Length)
                stWS.Close()
                'm_hwrRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = True
            End If


            m_hwrResponse = DirectCast(m_hwrRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)

            srReader = New StreamReader(m_hwrResponse.GetResponseStream())
            sReturn = srReader.ReadToEnd()
            srReader.Close()


            'If Not m_hwrResponse.Headers("Set-Cookie") Is Nothing Then
            '    'txtOutput.Text = m_hwrResponse.Headers("Set-Cookie")
            '    Dim ccContainer As New CookieContainer()
            '    Dim sNewCookie As String

            '    ccContainer = New CookieContainer()

            '    'Checking to see if in the Response Header to see if Set-Cookie value has the term 'Domain'
            '    ' in it and if does then l loop through each cookie and remove it since we are
            '    ' adding it with the URI value.
            '    If m_hwrResponse.Headers("Set-Cookie").IndexOf("Domain") Then
            '        arrCookies = m_hwrResponse.Headers("Set-Cookie").Split(";")

            '        For Each sTemp2 In arrCookies
            '            If sTemp2.StartsWith("Domain") = False Then
            '                sNewCookie &= sTemp2 & ";"
            '            End If
            '        Next
            '        ccContainer.SetCookies(m_hwrResponse.ResponseUri, sNewCookie)
            '    Else
            '        ccContainer.SetCookies(m_hwrResponse.ResponseUri, m_hwrResponse.Headers("Set-Cookie"))
            '    End If

            '    'ccContainer.SetCookies(m_hwrResponse.ResponseUri, m_hwrResponse.Headers("Set-Cookie"))
            '    m_ccCookies.Add(ccContainer.GetCookies(m_hwrResponse.ResponseUri))
            'End If

            Me.Referer = m_hwrResponse.ResponseUri.AbsoluteUri
            'Catch wex As Exception
            '    sReturn &= wex.Message.ToString & vbCrLf

        Catch ex As Exception
            sReturn &= ex.ToString & vbCrLf

        End Try

        Return sReturn
    End Function

    Public Function RequestBinaryData(ByVal Data As String, Optional ByVal bAutoRedirect As Boolean = False) As Byte()
        Dim uriSite As Uri
        Dim sReturn As String
        'Dim srReader As StreamReader
        'Dim brReader As BinaryReader
        Dim bytesRead As Byte() = Nothing

        sReturn = String.Empty
        Try
            ' Setup request
            uriSite = New Uri(m_sURL)
            m_hwrRequest = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(uriSite), HttpWebRequest)
            m_hwrRequest.Referer = m_sReferer
            m_hwrRequest.UserAgent = m_sUserAgent
            m_hwrRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = bAutoRedirect
            m_hwrRequest.AllowWriteStreamBuffering = True
            m_hwrRequest.KeepAlive = False
            m_hwrRequest.Accept = "image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/x-shockwave-flash, */*"

     

            'Dim cokMM As Cookie

            If m_ccCookies.Count > 0 Then
                'For Each cokMM In m_ccCookies
                '    LogResponse("COOKIE(name-value): " & cokMM.Name & "-" & cokMM.Value)
                'Next
                m_hwrRequest.CookieContainer = New CookieContainer()
                m_hwrRequest.CookieContainer.Add(m_ccCookies)
            End If

            m_hwrResponse = DirectCast(m_hwrRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)

            bytesRead = ReadAsByteArray(m_hwrResponse.GetResponseStream())

            If Not m_hwrResponse.Headers("Set-Cookie") Is Nothing Then
                Dim ccContainer As New CookieContainer()

                ccContainer = New CookieContainer()
                ccContainer.SetCookies(m_hwrResponse.ResponseUri, m_hwrResponse.Headers("Set-Cookie"))
                m_ccCookies.Add(ccContainer.GetCookies(m_hwrResponse.ResponseUri))
            End If

            Me.Referer = m_hwrResponse.ResponseUri.AbsoluteUri
        Catch wex As Exception
            Dim sError As String
            sError = wex.Message.ToString
   
        End Try

        Return bytesRead
    End Function

#Region " IO Supporting "

    Public Function SaveImageToByte(ByVal sImagePath As String) As Byte()

        Dim iImageDataFound As Int32 = 0

        m_sURL = sImagePath
        m_sReferer = ""
        Dim baImage() As Byte = Nothing
        baImage = RequestBinaryData(String.Empty)

        Return baImage
    End Function

    Public Function SaveUrlToFile(ByVal sUrl As String, ByVal sFullPathPlusFilename As String) As Boolean
        Dim bRetVal As Boolean = False
        Dim iImageDataFound As Int32 = 0


        m_sURL = sUrl
        m_sReferer = ""
        Dim baImage() As Byte = Nothing
        baImage = RequestBinaryData(String.Empty)

        If Not (baImage Is Nothing) Then
            iImageDataFound = 1
        End If

        If baImage.Length > 0 Then
            iImageDataFound = 1
        End If

        If iImageDataFound = 1 Then
            SaveDataToFile(baImage, sFullPathPlusFilename)
            bRetVal = True
        End If

        Return bRetVal

    End Function

    Private Const MAX_BUF As Integer = 1024

    Private Function ReadAsByteArray(ByVal stStream As Stream) As Byte()
        Dim msBuffer As New MemoryStream()
        Dim swWriter As New StreamWriter(msBuffer)
        Dim nTotalBytesRead As Integer
        Dim nBytesRead As Integer
        Dim baBytes(MAX_BUF) As Byte

        nTotalBytesRead = 0
        nBytesRead = MAX_BUF
        While True
            nBytesRead = stStream.Read(baBytes, 0, MAX_BUF)

            If nBytesRead = 0 Then
                Exit While
            End If

            nTotalBytesRead += nBytesRead
            msBuffer.Write(baBytes, 0, nBytesRead)
        End While

        msBuffer.Close()

        Dim baReturn(nTotalBytesRead - 1) As Byte
        Array.Copy(msBuffer.GetBuffer(), baReturn, nTotalBytesRead)

        Return baReturn
    End Function

    Protected Function SaveDataToFile( _
            ByVal baData As Byte(), _
            ByVal FilePath As String) As Boolean
        Dim bReturn As Boolean

        bReturn = False

        Try
            Dim os As FileStream

            os = New FileStream(FilePath, FileMode.Create)
            os.Write(baData, 0, baData.Length)
            os.Close()
            'os.Flush()
            os = Nothing

            bReturn = True
        Catch ex As Exception
            ' Nothing for now
        End Try

        Return bReturn
    End Function


#End Region
End Class

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Then from the page you want to post to do something like so.

Code:

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Dim clsWebPost As New WebPost
Dim sPOST As String = ""
sPOSTData = "?Username=xxxx&Password=yyyyy"
sPOSTData = System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode(sPOSTData)
clsWebPost.URL = "http://www.pagetopostto.com"
sReturnCode = clsWebPost.Request(sPOSTData, True)

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Please note that the post url may not be the same as the url that has the form so you may have to do a view source or use a tool like fiddler that can see where it posts to and also the proper format the post data is passed and then you adjust.

lleemon - Thanksssss a loooooooot...:D