Login into a website

Question

Hi gurus

I am very new to this Powershell script so go easy on me, I have the following trying to connect to website using PowerShell:

$LogicM= Invoke-webrequest -uri "https://website/" -sessionVariable sbv
$LMform= $LogicM.forms[0]
$LMform.fields["username"]="user"
$LMform.fields["password"]="ymca"
$r=invoke-webrequest -uri (https://website/+$LMform.action) -webSession $sbv -Method Get -Body $LMform.fields

but I get the following error :

invoke-webrequest :
404 Not Found
back home
At line:1 char:4

I have the following as a form
Id Method Action Fields
-- ------ ------ ------
login-section get javascript:; {[username, ], [password, ], [rem, on]}

what am I doing wrong , thanks for any help

Answer 1

D.

when I run the $logicM.forms from the code above, I get this:
Id Method Action Fields
-- ------ ------ ------
login-section get javascript:; {[username, ], [password, ], [rem, on]}

which I think it tells me the form uses Get and not post, but again I am to new to be sure of this , what are the steps I need to follow to get the info needed to make this script work

Thanks

Answer 2

Hello there,

404 means the URL is wrong can you try this different URL and check the output?

Since Powershell version 7.0 Invoke-WebRequest has -SkipHttpErrorCheck switch parameter.

-SkipHttpErrorCheck

This parameter causes the cmdlet to ignore HTTP error statuses and continue to process responses. The error responses are written to the pipeline just as if they were successful.

WebRequestPSCmdlet.SkipHttpErrorCheck Property

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.powershell.commands.webrequestpscmdlet.skiphttperrorcheck?view=powershellsdk-7.0.0

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