Social network connection

[Robert_in_MTL]

Hi,

For dev purposes, we need to have a connexion on social networks accounts to keep them alive

let's say I want a Facebook or twitter or linkedin account to be accessed by a request once a week to keep them alive. Only a simple account access, nothing else...

for starters, we need to keep alive a Facebook page and a Facebook personnal account...

I looked at the URL and HTTP tests but can't figure out how to connect to the account.

has anyone done that here before?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[KS-Soft]

Look at web server first. You should check how exactly server wants to receive user name, password, some additional info...
I see the following code at www.facebook.com

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<form id="login_form" action="https://www.facebook.com/login.php?login_attempt=1" method="post" onsubmit="return window.Event && Event.__inlineSubmit && Event.__inlineSubmit(this,event)"><input type="hidden" name="lsd" value="AVoYA3UR" autocomplete="off" /><table cellspacing="0"><tr><td class="html7magic"><label for="email">Email or Phone</label></td><td class="html7magic"><label for="pass">Password</label></td></tr><tr><td><input type="text" class="inputtext" name="email" id="email" value="" tabindex="1" /></td><td><input type="password" class="inputtext" name="pass" id="pass" tabindex="2" /></td><td><label class="uiButton uiButtonConfirm" id="loginbutton" for="u_0_c"><input value="Log in" tabindex="4" type="submit" id="u_0_c" /></label></td></tr><tr><td class="login_form_label_field"><div><div class="uiInputLabel clearfix uiInputLabelLegacy"><input id="persist_box" type="checkbox" name="persistent" value="1" tabindex="3" class="uiInputLabelInput uiInputLabelCheckbox" /><label for="persist_box" class="uiInputLabelLabel">Keep me logged in</label></div><input type="hidden" name="default_persistent" value="0" /></div></td><td class="login_form_label_field"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/recover/initiate">Forgotten your password?</a></td></tr></table><input type="hidden" autocomplete="off" name="timezone" value="" id="u_0_b" /><input type="hidden" name="lgnrnd" value="090738_QTf5" /><input type="hidden" id="lgnjs" name="lgnjs" value="n" /><input type="hidden" autocomplete="off" id="locale" name="locale" value="en_GB" /></form>

Looks like you need to sent POST request to https://www.facebook.com/login.php?login_attempt=1
with the following data
lsd=AVoYA3UR
email=email_used_for_login
pass=password
default_persistent=1

Not sure how lsd field is used, may be server changes it from time to time, may be it depends on client IP, I sent several requests, field keeps this constant value.
You may ask facebook developers what exactly they need.

Regards
Alex

[Robert_in_MTL]

Wow!
great reply! Thanks!

Maybe down the road I will need a test to get the lsd first to use it in my post...


I will try this

Thanks!