LOGIN
Often in order to reach the desired information you need to be logged in to the website. Most of today's websites use so-called form-based authentication which implies sending user credentials using POST method, authenticating it on the server and storing user's session in a cookie.
This simple test shows scraper's ability to:
- Send user credentials via POST method
- Receive, Keep and Return a session cookie
- Process HTTP redirect (302)
How to test:
- Enter admin and 12345 in the form below and press Login
- If you see WELCOME :) then the user credentials were sent, the cookie was passed and HTTP redirect was processed
- If you see ACCESS DENIED! then either you entered wrong credentials or they were not sent to the server properly
- If you see THE SESSION COOKIE IS MISSING OR HAS A WRONG VALUE! then the user credentials were properly sent but the session cookie was not properly stored or passed
- If you see REDIRECTING... then the user credentials were properly sent but HTTP redirection was not processed
- Click GO BACK to start again