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raveneye · 10-17-2005, 01:07 PM

Does anybody know of a download manager that allows a login with three input windows? Not just username and password, but username, ID, and password?

I'm trying to do batch downloads of PDF files but can't get past the login screen with any download manager I've tried so far.

asshopo · 10-17-2005, 06:46 PM

Dunno if you do any programming, but this could easily be done with NetworkCredentials in any language in .NET.

Other than that, no, all the download managers I have tried only support username and password.

raveneye · 10-18-2005, 06:32 AM

I've done a lot of programming in C, but have no idea how to begin setting this up in NetworkCredentials.

It seems strange to me that you can't just log in manually once, and then do the batch downloading you need to do from that location. But if that's impossible, then it seems the next step is to program a third query box myself. If anybody can offer some quick pointers I'd appreciate it.

asshopo · 10-18-2005, 06:36 AM

Is it a webpage that you log into? Or is it BasicAuth or something like that (actual popup window with username/pass/etc)? If it's a web page, then they are likely storing some type of data in a cookie. If you can figure out how they know you are you on the site, you could just simulate a browser, adding the cookie(s), and download your files.

asshopo · 10-18-2005, 06:38 AM

Another idea.. FireFox extension.. I can't imagine it is that hard to loop thru all links, match it to a patterm (i.e. http://domain.com/members/*.pdf) and use FireFox's download manager to download them.

raveneye · 10-18-2005, 07:05 AM

asshopo, that's exactly what I was doing in the first place: logging in, then using the FireFox extension FlashGot to loop through all the links to the .pdf files. When I hit download, I got all the "files" but it turned out they all were just pictures of the login page. I'll experiment with it a bit again, let you know what I find out.

asshopo · 10-18-2005, 07:07 AM

You can also try the extension DownloadThemAll. I just tested it with a ton of images on one of my sites and it got all the images (which were password protected with BasicAuth), so it might work for you.

raveneye · 10-18-2005, 07:29 AM

asshopo, LOVELY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Many thanks, man, you saved me hours today . . . . .

asshopo · 10-18-2005, 07:31 AM

haha, np. In fact, I was in need of the same thing, so, I found it for both of us :-P

10-17-2005, 01:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
raveneye Born Against	Question about download managers Does anybody know of a download manager that allows a login with three input windows? Not just username and password, but username, ID, and password? I'm trying to do batch downloads of PDF files but can't get past the login screen with any download manager I've tried so far.

10-17-2005, 06:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	Dunno if you do any programming, but this could easily be done with NetworkCredentials in any language in .NET. Other than that, no, all the download managers I have tried only support username and password. __________________ Patterns have a habit of repeating themselves.

10-18-2005, 06:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	Is it a webpage that you log into? Or is it BasicAuth or something like that (actual popup window with username/pass/etc)? If it's a web page, then they are likely storing some type of data in a cookie. If you can figure out how they know you are you on the site, you could just simulate a browser, adding the cookie(s), and download your files. __________________ Patterns have a habit of repeating themselves.

10-18-2005, 06:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	Another idea.. FireFox extension.. I can't imagine it is that hard to loop thru all links, match it to a patterm (i.e. http://domain.com/members/*.pdf) and use FireFox's download manager to download them. __________________ Patterns have a habit of repeating themselves.

10-18-2005, 07:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	You can also try the extension DownloadThemAll. I just tested it with a ton of images on one of my sites and it got all the images (which were password protected with BasicAuth), so it might work for you. __________________ Patterns have a habit of repeating themselves. Last edited by asshopo; 10-18-2005 at 07:09 AM..

10-18-2005, 06:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
raveneye Born Against	I've done a lot of programming in C, but have no idea how to begin setting this up in NetworkCredentials. It seems strange to me that you can't just log in manually once, and then do the batch downloading you need to do from that location. But if that's impossible, then it seems the next step is to program a third query box myself. If anybody can offer some quick pointers I'd appreciate it.

10-18-2005, 07:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
raveneye Born Against	asshopo, that's exactly what I was doing in the first place: logging in, then using the FireFox extension FlashGot to loop through all the links to the .pdf files. When I hit download, I got all the "files" but it turned out they all were just pictures of the login page. I'll experiment with it a bit again, let you know what I find out.

10-18-2005, 07:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
raveneye Born Against	asshopo, LOVELY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Many thanks, man, you saved me hours today . . . . .

10-18-2005, 07:31 AM	#9 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	haha, np. In fact, I was in need of the same thing, so, I found it for both of us :-P __________________ Patterns have a habit of repeating themselves.