Login to website and use cookie to get source for another page
- by Stu
I am trying to login to the TV Rage website and get the source code of the My Shows page. I am successfully logging in (I have checked the response from my post request) but then when I try to perform a get request on the My Shows page, I am re-directed to the login page.
This is the code I am using to login:
private string LoginToTvRage()
{
string loginUrl = "http://www.tvrage.com/login.php";
string formParams = string.Format("login_name={0}&login_pass={1}", "xxx", "xxxx");
string cookieHeader;
WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create(loginUrl);
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
req.Method = "POST";
byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(formParams);
req.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
using (Stream os = req.GetRequestStream())
{
os.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
}
WebResponse resp = req.GetResponse();
cookieHeader = resp.Headers["Set-cookie"];
String responseStream;
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(resp.GetResponseStream()))
{
responseStream = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
return cookieHeader;
}
I then pass the cookieHeader into this method which should be getting the source of the My Shows page:
private string GetSourceForMyShowsPage(string cookieHeader)
{
string pageSource;
string getUrl = "http://www.tvrage.com/mytvrage.php?page=myshows";
WebRequest getRequest = WebRequest.Create(getUrl);
getRequest.Headers.Add("Cookie", cookieHeader);
WebResponse getResponse = getRequest.GetResponse();
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(getResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
pageSource = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
return pageSource;
}
I have been using this previous question as a guide but I'm at a loss as to why my code isn't working.
