Example Scripts and Practice Pages

We’ll explore three types of online authentication. For each case, you’ll receive examples of authentication scripts designed specifically to work with password-protected sections of this book’s website. You can experiment (and make mistakes) on these practice pages before writing authenticating webbots that work on real websites. The location of the practice pages is shown in Table 20-2.

Table 20-2. Location of Authentication Practice Pages on the Book’s Website

Authentication Method	Location of Practice Pages
Basic authentication	http://www.WebbotsSpidersScreenScrapers.com/basic_authentication
Cookies sessions	http://www.WebbotsSpidersScreenScrapers.com/cookie_authentication
Query sessions	http://www.WebbotsSpidersScreenScrapers.com/query_authentication

For simplicity, all of the authentication examples on the book’s website use the login criteria shown in Table 20-3.

Table 20-3. Login Criteria Used for All Authentication Practice Pages

Username	Password
webbot	sp1der3[a]
[a] The password “sp1der3” contains the number “1” and not a lowercase “i” or “l.”