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Zork2 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi

I am trying to download some JSON files from URLs of the form:

https://stt.disruptorbeam.com/player?client_api=N

Where N is an integer, eg

https://stt.disruptorbeam.com/player?client_api=1

But i get sent to a login screen.

In a web browser this is fine, you just click the "Sign in with Dbid" link, then enter your username and password, after which the URLs will work.

However i have absolutely no idea how to do this in perl.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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Re: How do I download a file that needs username and password?
by LanX (Saint) on Feb 21, 2021 at 13:54 UTC
Re: How do I download a file that needs username and password?
by 1nickt (Canon) on Feb 21, 2021 at 13:20 UTC

    Hi, you could automate your login with WWW::Mechanize or one of its subclasses.

    Hope this helps!


    The way forward always starts with a minimal test.
Re: How do I download a file that needs username and password?
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 21, 2021 at 13:18 UTC
Re: How do I download a file that needs username and password?
by Bod (Parson) on Feb 21, 2021 at 19:40 UTC

    Like LanX, I would (probably) use LWP for this task depending on the complexity of the site's login system.

    You probably want to look at the documentation for enabling cookies.

Re: How do I download a file that needs username and password?
by Zork2 (Initiate) on Feb 22, 2021 at 15:43 UTC
    Thanks everyone! I'll take another look at LWP, but WWW::Mechanize looks very promising.