Re: how to download files require login

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On 1 March 2010 17:00, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 11:37 -0500, Ryan Sun wrote:
>
>> For URLs like 'http://download.fotolia.com/DownloadContent/1/h7G0bWGsGof8VvSqw32xFZ0KvD5eqbvN',
>> it requires user login to download.
>> Then how do I download it remotely via php server if I have the
>> username and password in hand?
>>
>
>
> This is a job for Curl. You create a Curl request that sends the login
> information to the remote site in the form that it expects (usually via
> some sort of post data from a form) and then you can receive the reply
> back. You can then form your requests that you need to make for the
> rest.
>
> There are some great add-ons for Firefox for this sort of thing, to look
> at what data is being sent to and from your browser.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
>

If the authentication style is basic you COULD use the
http://username:password@xxxxxxxxxxxx/page.xxxxxx



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