405 error when trying to log in

[dannoura]

hi,

I'm trying to automate my login to this site. It's encrypted, but I have OpenSSL, so that should be no problem. But, I keep getting 405 Method not allowed when using the code:

#! c:\perl\bin -w

use strict;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use LWP::Protocol::https;
use HTTP::Request::Common;

my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
my $request = POST 'https://www.saxobank.com/',
                  [ UserID   => 'myID',
                    Password  => 'myPasswd',
                  ];

my $page = $ua->request($request);

if ($page->is_success) {
    print $page->content;
} else {
    print $page->status_line;
}

And the same when using the code:

#! c:\perl\bin -w

use strict;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use LWP::Protocol::https;
use HTTP::Request::Common;
use HTTP::Cookies;

# form variables
my $UserID    = 'myID';  
my $password = 'myPasswd';  

# bot variables
my $agent      = LWP::UserAgent->new;
my $cookie_jar = HTTP::Cookies->new;
my $res;

# URL's of importance
my $login_url  = 'https://www.saxobank.com';

&login($agent, $res, $cookie_jar, $UserID, $password, $login_url);

exit;

sub login($$$) {

  my( $agent, $res, $cookie_jar,
      $UserID, $password, $login_url) = @_;

  # build request for login web page (so we get the set of cookies)
  my $req = POST ($login_url, [
    cmd   => 'login',
    dest  => 'https://www.saxobank.com',
    UserID => $UserID,
    Password => $password,
  ]);

  # issue the request
  $res = $agent->request($req);
    if ($res->is_success) {
      print $res->content;
  }
  else {
      print $res->status_line, "\n";
  }
  # extract the cookies
  $cookie_jar->extract_cookies($res);
}

Any ideas about how to tackle this problem?

[rob_au]

This error code indicates that the request method is not allowed for the given web address - This to my mind suggests that your web server is not configured to allow POST requests to be made against the address/location http://www.saxobank.com.

See http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.6

[dannoura]

How do I find out if my server can or cannot POST to that site?

[PodMaster]

You find out by trying to POST like you have. You already have your answer (method not allowed).

[EdwardG]

Sounds like your request is not using SSL, which might be because your installation of SSL is broken.

Have you got this working for any other site?

 

[dannoura]

Wouldn't a broken installation of SSL result in a 500 error?

[PodMaster]

Maybe if the server you're trying to connect to has a broken installation of SSL, not if you do.