How to transfer website login data from UIWebView directly, without having to log in again?

Question

I want to open some website in my iphone application using UIWebView. The website requires a username and password, and I have this username and password.

I was wondering, is there anyway I can open a website in my UIWebView without a login screen? I mean, since I already have a username and password, can I use this information to automatically log in to the site and display the necessary page in the UIWebView iphone application.

I just want to get rid of registration on the website, as users have already entered login information when opening the application. This is redundant.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I found a way to solve this problem using Objective-C. We can use NSURLConnection to submit the form.

the code:

NSMutableURLRequest *theRequest=[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://mobile.twitter.com/session"] cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy timeoutInterval:60.0]; [theRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"]; NSString *postString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"authenticity_token=%@&username=%@&password=%@",@"9b670208fd22850ec791",@"urUsername",@"urPWD"]; [theRequest setHTTPBody:[postString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; // create the connection with the request // and start loading the data NSURLConnection *theConnection=[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:theRequest delegate:self]; if (theConnection) { // Create the NSMutableData to hold the received data. // receivedData is an instance variable declared elsewhere. receivedData = [[NSMutableData data] retain]; } else { // Inform the user that the connection failed. } 

Ask me if you need more information.

Answer 2

If you yourself have created a website, why not create another entry point where you safely pass the username / password using ssl to the page? If SSL is not a parameter, you can create a token in the application and pass this. It does not require a username and password.