In this part of the tutorial, we will log in to a remote server by sending the headers and body that get sent when a visitor fills out a form and submits it. We will then take the cookie that the remote server sends to the client on a successful login and use that cookie to maintain the session.
curl --form user=username --form password="password" https://www.example.com/login/ --trace-ascii -
Look for the Set-Cookie: header from the server. Copy it out and use it in HTTP Client.
Cookie: cookie=value
Cookie: ExampleKey=79202038fea9608456ad6aa363173dea
In HTTP Client, send this body to http://www.example.com/login/:
user=username&password=password
with
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
to see the cookie and cookie value.
Then, look for the Set-Cookie header and use that cookie to enter the page.
If the password contains special characters, they may need to be encoded. For example, an ampersand will need to be %26, and an apostrophe %27.
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