Log on to we page via script or batch file

Don't really have enough to go on here.

You say your records are 'stored' but don't say how. If they're stored in a database, then you can probably skip the web page completely and just access the records directly using something like PHP.

If your system uses Javascript for a login then it probably isn't very secure. Normally, your login details are sent to the server using POST. If that's the case, then you could use a cURL request, again using something like PHP to POST the credentials and pull back your data.

The old user:password@somedomain.com only ever worked for htpasswd protected folders.

Probably need more info to give you a specific answer.

No question the page is not very secure... It's what the client system runs on however, so there isn't much I can do about that.

ok, here is the script I am trying to make work... it runs correctly except the authentication does not work. The resulting file download winds up being the html for the start page rather than the file to be downloaded... obviously the script is not properly authenticating.

 strLink = "http://ourURL/StorageCardMMC/LOG_P1/LOG_P10.txt"
 	 ' Get file name from URL.

 	 strSaveName = Mid(strLink, InStrRev(strLink,"/") + 1, Len(strLink))
 	 strSaveTo = "C:\temp\" & strSaveName
 	 
	
     ' Create an HTTP object
     Set objHTTP = CreateObject( "WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1" )
 
     ' Download the specified URL
     objHTTP.Open "GET", strLink, False
     objHTTP.SetCredentials "username", "password", HTTPREQUEST_SETCREDENTIALS_FOR_SERVER
     objHTTP.Send
     
          Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
	  If objFSO.FileExists(strSaveTo) Then
	  	objFSO.DeleteFile(strSaveTo)
	  End If
 
      If objHTTP.Status = 200 Then
    	Dim objStream
	    Set objStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
	    With objStream
		    .Type = 1 'adTypeBinary
		    .Open
		    .Write objHTTP.ResponseBody
		    .SaveToFile strSaveTo
		    .Close
	    End With
	    set objStream = Nothing
	  End If
	  
	  If objFSO.FileExists(strSaveTo) Then
	  End If 

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Hi JP,

My point was that if your security is JavaScript-based then it can probably be bypassed altogether. Javascript security is usually ineffective because it's browser based so can be turned off (or avoided completely). If you try to access that txt file without logging in first, and you end up on a different page, then I'm guessing there is more to your logon system than just Javascript.

What happens if you disable javascript in your browser and try accessing the file?

If you're able to run PHP scripts, then a simple cURL request may do the job for you:

<?php
$remoteFile  = 'http://ourURL/StorageCardMMC/LOG_P1/LOG_P10.txt';
$newFile = 'LOG_P10.txt';
 
$fp = fopen($newFile, 'w');
 
$ch = curl_init($remoteFile);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
 
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);
?>

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Thank you and apologies for taking so long to respond. The PHP script yields the same result. Think this one is over my head!

Have a read through this:

http://support.experts-exchange.com/customer/portal/articles/481419

This was an oops on my part Chris. I have notified the mod and asked to have the solution upgraded to A.