Form Login with HTTP Request

[PrepressNinja]

Howdy all,

We have an EFI ePace server that I'd like to have Switch login to, run a report, and ingest the PDF returned. I have tried using POST with basic authentication and no authentication with a Body and Headers. I even tried both at once! All I get returned is an HTML file of the login page, which clearly didn't fill the form and "login". Below is the body I tried (personal identifiers replaced), otherwise I just used the basic auth user/pass combo. Anyone here have luck with something similar? Many thanks for reading!

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POST /users/login HTTP/1.1
HOST: https://pace.mycompanyname.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 45

j_username=User Useruser&j_password=Pass-pass

[BenjaminBark]

Howdy all,

We have an EFI ePace server that I'd like to have Switch login to, run a report, and ingest the PDF returned. I have tried using POST with basic authentication and no authentication with a Body and Headers. I even tried both at once! All I get returned is an HTML file of the login page, which clearly didn't fill the form and "login". Below is the body I tried (personal identifiers replaced), otherwise I just used the basic auth user/pass combo. Anyone here have luck with something similar? Many thanks for reading!poor bunny

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POST /users/login HTTP/1.1
HOST: https://pace.mycompanyname.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 45

j_username=User Useruser&j_password=Pass-pass

Hi, I ran into a similar issue before with form-based login in Switch. Have you tried using a session-based approach with cookies after the initial login POST? Sometimes ePace redirects after login, so capturing and reusing the session ID or auth token might help. Also, using a tool like Postman to inspect the full login flow can reveal hidden headers or redirects you might be missing.