Posting behind a proxy

["Pullen, Matthew" <mp...@digitalmotorworks.com>]

I am trying to test the posting to a remote site using HTTPClient. I am
continually failing and was hoping someone could give me a pointer as to
what I am doing wrong. I have not had a chance to try it from outside
the proxy, so that may have something to do with it, but I am not sure.
It gets the redirect back to the login page, which looks like a failure
to log in to me. I am stumped.

 

TIA,

Matthew

 

Code Snipet:

 public static void testPost() throws Exception {

        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

 

        client.getHostConfiguration().setProxy("proxy.myproxy.com",
8000);

        

        PostMethod post = new
PostMethod("https://www.netflix.com/Login");

        post.addParameter(new NameValuePair("email", "myemail"));

        post.addParameter(new NameValuePair("password1", "mypassword"));

        post.addParameter(new NameValuePair("RememberMe", "True"));

        post.addParameter(new NameValuePair("SubmitButton", "Click Here
to Continue"));

         

        try {

            int status = client.executeMethod( post );

            System.out.println("post status:"+ status);

            String redirectLocation;

            Header locationHeader = post.getResponseHeader("location");

            if (locationHeader != null) {

                redirectLocation = locationHeader.getValue();

                System.out.println("redirectLocation:"+
redirectLocation);

            } else {

 

            }

        } finally {

            post.releaseConnection();

        }

}

 

A similar straight form, posted from my local location works just fine:

<http>

<body>

<form METHOD="POST" ACTION="https://www.netflix.com/Login" >

Email: <input TYPE="TEXT" SIZE="28" NAME="email" value="myemail"><BR>

Remember ME: <INPUT type="text" id="RememberMe" name="RememberMe"
value="True" ><BR>

Password: <input TYPE="PASSWORD" SIZE="15" NAME="password1"
value="mypass" maxlength=60><BR>

<input class="core-button" type="submit" value="Click Here to Continue"
name="SubmitButton">

</form>

</body>

</html>

 

J. Matthew Pullen

Digital Motorworks

(512) 692-1126

 



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Re: Posting behind a proxy

[Miguel A Paraz <mp...@gmail.com>]

On 1/26/06, Pullen, Matthew <mp...@digitalmotorworks.com> wrote:
> I am trying to test the posting to a remote site using HTTPClient. I am
> continually failing and was hoping someone could give me a pointer as to
> what I am doing wrong. I have not had a chance to try it from outside
> the proxy, so that may have something to do with it, but I am not sure.
> It gets the redirect back to the login page, which looks like a failure
> to log in to me. I am stumped.

I believe the Netflix page assumes a live browser with cookie support.
I tried a plain GET on https://www.netflix.com/Login - it redirects
to:

Location: http://www.netflix.com/Login?tcw=1&cqs=

Along with a whole lot of cookies being set. I think a successful
login requires the cookies to be set.

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