How do I open a website in a browser, enter login data and get the resulting page content automatically?

Hi,

How do I open a website in a browser, enter login data and get the resulting page content automatically?

I found this:

https://de.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/246143-how-do-i-open-a-website-in-a-browser-enter-login-data-and-get-the-resulting-page-content-automatica

the author wrote:

I did this:

url = 'http://www.myurl.com';
options = {'Username', 'myUsername', 'Password', 'myPassword', 'Timeout', 10};
z = webwrite(url, options);

What I get in z is just the source code of the login page. Do I have to use the URL of the login page or can I use the URL I want to go to after login? How would I get that content, when I have to use the login URL? Do I have to do something with a cookie? Could it be that the website which I try to login do not support RESTful API? How can I find out?

I have same questions and did not find the answers. Who can help?

Answer 1

[Eric Delgado]

Hi! You can use webread and weboptions together. And you must point to the page that you want to download (HTML code or json text, for example).

message = webread('www.myurl.com', weboptions('Username', 'YourUsername', 'Password', 'YourPassword'))