public override bool Login()
{
CookieContainer cookieJar = new CookieContainer();
_client = new CookieAwareWebClient(cookieJar);
_client.Referer = HOME_URL;
// the website sets some cookie that is needed for login
string response = _client.DownloadString(HOME_URL);
Cookie tokenCookie = cookieJar.List().FirstOrDefault(c => c.Name == "csrftoken");
StringBuilder postData = new StringBuilder();
postData.Append("email=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(Username) + "&");
postData.Append("password="******"&");
postData.Append("remember=False=");
// the csrf token is sent in the hader
_client.Headers.Add("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
_client.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01");
_client.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8");
_client.Headers.Add("Referer", HOME_URL);
_client.Headers.Add("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest");
_client.Headers.Add("X-CSRFToken", tokenCookie.Value);
response = _client.UploadString(LOGIN_API, postData.ToString());
JObject jObject = JObject.Parse(response);
JToken jToken = jObject.GetValue("success");
if (!jToken.Value<bool>())
{
//The query returned false, either not authenticated or forbiddent (403)
Console.WriteLine("Wrong email or password logging into Edx.");
return false;
}
//Now get the goods (cookies should be set!)
return true;
}
