Getting text from URL requiring password

[owangolama]

I'm trying to grab the text from a url that requires a password to view. Of course, if I use the GetURLasText function I simply get the page that asks for the password.

I tried setting up an adjacent WebViewer in which the username and password are entered, but that doesn't seem to allow the GetURLasText function to reach the desired page.

Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance for any help or advice!

Edited February 24, 2010 by Guest

[Smef]

You can pass your username and password as parameters with the WAGetURL Function. You can see an example of this in example 4 of 14 in the WebAssistant Example.fp7 file which was included with your download of the plugin.

WAGetURL( "http://demo.360works.com/fmplugin/secure/" ; 

    "username=syndrome" ; 

    "password=kronos" )

Edited February 24, 2010 by Guest

[Smef]

Whoops! I just noticed that this question was about ScriptMaster, and not WebAssistant like I had assumed.

The ScriptMaster Get URL as Text does not currently support secure URLs, though the WebAssistant Plugin does. Purchasing the WebAssistant plugin would be less expensive than having us customize ScriptMaster for you (only $95 for a workgroup license) and so I would recommend that option.

[owangolama]

Hmm... I am just building something for home, so I was hoping to not cough up any cash.

I did a little research and it seems like I might be able to accomplish the same thing with GetLayoutObjectAttribute. Maybe that's what the GetURLasText function is?

Anyways... if I can't get it to work, I might consider WA. Is there a way to test it before buying? There are a lot of different ways that web passwords work and I would want to make sure that WA could actually do what I need it to do.

Thanks.

[Smef]

Yes, you can download a demo of any of our products from our website. Web Assistant is located at http://360works.com/url-plugin/. Our demos will have full functionality for two hours at a time before the demo will expire and you will need to restart FileMaker.