"Brent Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know how to handle password protected websites, for which
> you have a password. (mapblast.com)
>
> usually with a webbrowser, you can access pages again and again. Can
> it make use of IE or Netscape cookies?
Yes. See the documentation of `--load-cookies' in Wget 1.8.1:
`--load-cookies FILE'
Load cookies from FILE before the first HTTP retrieval. FILE is a
textual file in the format originally used by Netscape's
`cookies.txt' file.
You will typically use this option when mirroring sites that
require that you be logged in to access some or all of their
content. The login process typically works by the web server
issuing an HTTP cookie upon receiving and verifying your
credentials. The cookie is then resent by the browser when
accessing that part of the site, and so proves your identity.
Mirroring such a site requires Wget to send the same cookies your
browser sends when communicating with the site. This is achieved
by `--load-cookies'--simply point Wget to the location of the
`cookies.txt' file, and it will send the same cookies your browser
would send in the same situation. Different browsers keep textual
cookie files in different locations:
Netscape 4.x.
The cookies are in `~/.netscape/cookies.txt'.
Mozilla and Netscape 6.x.
Mozilla's cookie file is also named `cookies.txt', located
somewhere under `~/.mozilla', in the directory of your
profile. The full path usually ends up looking somewhat like
`~/.mozilla/default/SOME-WEIRD-STRING/cookies.txt'.
Internet Explorer.
You can produce a cookie file Wget can use by using the File
menu, Import and Export, Export Cookies. This has been
tested with Internet Explorer 5; it is not guaranteed to work
with earlier versions.
Other browsers.
If you are using a different browser to create your cookies,
`--load-cookies' will only work if you can locate or produce a
cookie file in the Netscape format that Wget expects.
If you cannot use `--load-cookies', there might still be an
alternative. If your browser supports a "cookie manager", you can
use it to view the cookies used when accessing the site you're
mirroring. Write down the name and value of the cookie, and
manually instruct Wget to send those cookies, bypassing the
"official" cookie support:
wget --cookies=off --header "Cookie: NAME=VALUE"
