Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hi guys, im trying to make a program to login to www.chess.com, i have an account there. Sometimes i do some networking to login to smtp/pop/ftp servers, but i dont know how to to login to this webserver. Maybe someone could give me some advice, because im stuck. TY.

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Re: login to chess website
by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 12, 2014 at 08:30 UTC

    This topic is discussed often. Super Search->login website, or variants of these terms. Ensure that you comply with the terms and conditions of use of the target site.

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      my intentions are noble.

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        Unfortunately, there is no way how one can prove one's intentions.

        Besides, the site owner might have reasons to limit access even for people with noble intentions (e.g. traffic, or whatever)...

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Re: login to chess website
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Jun 12, 2014 at 12:49 UTC
    Anonymous Monk,
    I have read through their Terms Of Service and verified there is no mention of prohibition of (bot, crawler, automated login, etc). You are on the right track with WWW::Mechanize. You may run into problems if the site uses Javascript or cookies. Typically what I do is use the Firebug plug-in to Firefox. Then, I examine the interaction with the website and duplicate it.

    If you can convince me this is for a legitimate purpose, I would be willing to write a fully working program that logs in.

    Cheers - L~R

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      Thank you, but ill rather make something myself. I allready can login but i cannot reach the page i need, but im getting there i hope. tx for replying. Take care.

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