How to make HTTP Request with authentication info from WebView in Android?

Question

I am trying to extract some info from a website which requires login to access said page. I created a webview to allow to user to log in first.

The question is, how to use the authorization info from that webview in other HTTP requests?

Answer 1

You can extract the cookies from the page and use them in later requests.

@Override
public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url){
    String cookies = CookieManager.getInstance().getCookie(url);
    Log.d(TAG, "All the cookies in a string:" + cookies);
}

see more here: Android - extracting cookies after login in webview