HTTP communication to a pasword protected webserver

[Lode]

Hello,

I have a question about how to establish a HTTP session to post data to a password protected webserver.

At this moment I have a simple test program up and running (see picture below), but to establish a connection I have to go via a webbrowser (Firefox) to the webserver and manual log in, and use that cookie that Firefox creates. But this cookie is only valid for 5 minutes, so I have to login manually every 5 minutes.

Now want to remove the cookie and implement a tool so that I can create a cookie with LabVIEW. Does anybody has an idea how I can solve this problem?

To establish a connection I used following tool:

http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-6252

The webserver is:

http://www.digi.com/products/embeddedsolutions/digiconnectem.jsp#overview

Does somebody has an idea how I can solve this problem?

Thanks in advance,

Lode

[Michiel_H]

Hi Lode

If the webserver uses generic HTTP authentication, you can use the following code:

You can find some extra information on http authentication on wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication