Batch command to open url and fulfill username and password

Question

I'm currently opening a local url from batch command (.bat file) like this:

@echo off
start /d "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" IEXPLORE.EXE http://some_local_address:88

This is working fine.
The first thing that this site does is to ask for a username and password in a popup window. Is it possible to pass this information (or at least username) from the .bat file itself, so it is auto-completed in the emerging login window?

(Note that I'm aware you can complete username and password the first time, and "remember credentials", I just want to know if this is possible to pass from command line and how).

Solution

I don't think this can be done using a batch file as batch has its own limitations, instead you can you the below VB script.

Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
IE.navigate "http://TheWebsite"
IE.Visible = True`

While IE.Busy
    WScript.Sleep 50
Wend

Set ipf = IE.document.all.username
ipf.Value = "Username" 
Set ipf = IE.document.all.password
ipf.Value = "Password" 
Set ipf = IE.document.all.Submit
ipf.Click 
IE.Quit

Update Website name, uname and passwd and then save this as AutoWebsite.vbs

Comments

[BrianC]

The only way I know of is to pass it through the URL (e.g. user:[email protected]) if the site uses basic auth, but this is disabled by default in newer versions of IE/edge. Beyond that I think you're in saved password / add-on territory

[root]

If you can get your batch file to send keystrokes I don't see why not. Depending on how the page is setup I would imagine you could open the page, send Tab until the cursor is in the username box, send the username, send Tab again, send the password, send Enter.

[AFH]

You may be able to use curl.exe, which allows certain fields to be set. Otherwise, there is the Selenium add-on for Firefox, but you won't easily be able to control this from a batch file.

[zed]

@BrianC, that is no longer supported.

[zed]

@root, any example on how to do that?

[zed]

@AFH, any sample on curl? Can't use addons because the idea of this is to have a portable batch which could run from differents computers on the LAN

[AFH]

There are plenty examples on the web if you search for "auto login with curl", including this video.

[zed]

Thank you. This does not work since the login is not an html form, but a windows prompt instead, which opens up when you hit the website.

[manjesh23]

I don't understand windows prompt.

[zed]

Sorry, I mean that the login is a little window that pops up asking for username and password, which is not an html form but a browser window instead.

[pbies]

Use curl: stackoverflow.com/questions/2594880/…

[Myanju]

I used this but i am unable to login.