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Log into website using powershell

I want to log into a website using a username and password, so I copied the following code and executed. In result the webpage is opening but its not logging into the webpage and getting the following error.

Any suggestions?

$ie = New-Object -com InternetExplorer.Application 
$ie.visible=$true
$ie.navigate("url") 
while($ie.ReadyState -ne 4) {start-sleep -m 500} 
$ie.Document.getElementById("ctl00_username").value = "abcdef" 
$ie.Document.getElementById("ctl00_password").value = "123456" 
$ie.Document.getElementById("ctl00_login").click()
start-sleep 20 
$ie.Document.body | Out-File -FilePath C:\Users\averm\Documents\adi\test\web123.txt

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Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020101
At line:7 char:1
+ $ie.Document.getElementById("ctl00_usernamerequiredvalidator").value  ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [], COMException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
 
Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020101
At line:8 char:1
+ $ie.Document.getElementById("ctl00_passwordrequiredvalidator").value  ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [], COMException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
 
Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020101
At line:9 char:1
+ $ie.Document.getElementById("ctl00_login").click()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [], COMException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

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Bill Prew

Can you share the URL to the website, or a copy of the HTML that is presented in the browser? My guess would be that the controls you are referencing may not exist or may be of a different type, etc. But without knowing what the page HTML looks like it is hard to be specific.

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Sajen Jose

I agree with Bill, also when the web page opens up, do you see the username field having the value that you provided in your script - for e.g. abcdef ?

aditya verma

ASKER

Here is my URL: https://sfe-uat.epway.com

I'm giving exact values for user name Element ID = ctl00_username
for Password Element ID = ctl00_password
for login id = ctl00_login

username and password are not correct credentials. I just gave as example.

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aditya verma

ASKER

Code Worked for me. Thanks a lot.

Bill Prew

Great, glad that helped.

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aditya verma

ASKER

Now actually I need some more help with this code. I'm logging into the page but i need to download a statement. The attached images shows you what to download.

Step1: In home page under "Reports" i need to select "Aging"
Step2: In "Aging" page i need to go to "Aging Group" and select "Direct Energy Aging" and select "Export". so that it will download my statement.

The following 4 images may help you to get some information. Please help me to find the solution.
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Bill Prew

Since your original question was solved by this comment, you might want to mark that as a Solution to this question, and then open a new question for the additional help you need navigating the follow on pages. Some new experts may find the new question better that way...

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