I'd like my application to query a csv file from a secure website. I have no experience with web programming so I'd appreciate detailed instructions. Currently I have the user login to the site, manually query the csv, and have my application load the file locally. I'd like to automate this by having the user enter his login information, authenticating him on the website, and querying the data. The application is written in C# .NET. The url of the site is: https://www2.emidas.com/default.asp.

I've tested the following code already and am able to access the file once the user has already authenticated himself and created a manual query.

        System.Net.WebClient Client = new WebClient();
        Stream strm = Client.OpenRead("https://www3.emidas.com/users/<username>/file.csv");