tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423774879231339244.post2920726091064345558..comments2023-03-19T01:40:00.244-07:00Comments on PeacockMedia: Crawling a website that requires authenticationpeahenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395503525006623752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423774879231339244.post-54247211889066700562017-01-04T05:34:49.251-08:002017-01-04T05:34:49.251-08:00Yep, it has its own simple browser window (within ...Yep, it has its own simple browser window (within the Webscraper app) which opens with the homepage of the site in question. You use that to log in to the site. Cookies are enabled within that browser window and now that cookies are 'per app' rather than systemwide (since 10.10) then when Webscraper starts scanning, it'll use any cookies it already has for that site. This does depend on the site using cookies to track the authenticated user, but many do. I'm not sure but I don't think it counts as the same browser session. If not, it may not work for some sites. I guess that's where the 'keep me logged in' checkbox comes into its own. <br />Scrutiny covers more bases with many more options and methods of attempting authentication.peahenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395503525006623752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423774879231339244.post-87044728407380603382017-01-04T05:20:43.458-08:002017-01-04T05:20:43.458-08:00How does that work then, does it allow you to pre-...How does that work then, does it allow you to pre-launch the browser session so that you can enter your login credientials?r1ckatkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07239009024542589231noreply@blogger.com