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FormPoster.login

Logs a user in or out.

Syntax

public void 
login(boolean login,
      ftStatusCode status,
      String user, 
      String pass)

Parameters

login

Specify true to log in, false to log out.

status

Optional if specified return status will be set.

username

Username to log in.

password

Password associated with username.

Description

The login method logs in or logs out a user. Prior to calling login, you must first set the URL by calling setURL.

Errno

-3500

If the FormPoster can not communicate with the target server during login.

Example

    FormPoster fp = new FormPoster();
    FTValList vlCookies;
    fp.setURL("http://myserver/servlet/CatalogManager");

// Add a new row to MyTable
    FTStatusCode ftStatus = new FTStatusCode();
    status = fp.login(true, ftStatus, "myusername", "mypassword");
    vlCookies = fp.findAllCookies();
    Status = fp.addFile("url", "test.html", 
                      "/export/home/temp/test.html", "text/html");
    Status = fp.addTextValue("tblname", "MyTable");
    Status = fp.addURL("myparameter",  "http://server/main.html");
    Status = fp.addTextValue("id", "1323");
    Status = fp.addTextValue("ftcmd", "addrow");
    fp.setCookies(vlCookies);
    Status = fp.post();            
    int nLastErrorCode = fp.getLastError();
    String sLastError = fp.getLastErrorStr();
// Fetch the response 
    byte[] byResponse = fp.getRawResponse();
    fp.login(false, ftStatus, null, null);

 

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