Scripting wget to populate a webapp

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Published on 2010-05-15T18:42:45Z Indexed on 2010/05/15 18:44 UTC
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Can I use wget to populate some forms in a web app if the web app requires a user to login? I'm trying to use wget in a script to send some data to a web app, but it appears the web app rejects the attempts because I am not logged in.

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