Node.js: Sending form requests on websites

Question

I am trying to log in on this page: http://stomfak.ukim.edu.mk/login_student.php using Node.js. I'm using the request external module for this, but can't get it to work as intended. Here's what I've tried so far:

var request = require('request');

request.post(
    'http://stomfak.ukim.edu.mk/login_student.php',
    { form: {
        korime: 'myEmail',
        lozinka: 'myPassword'
    } },
    function (error, response, body) {
        if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
            console.log(body)
        }
    }
);

No log from the above.

var request = require('request');

request.post(
    'http://stomfak.ukim.edu.mk/login_student.php',
    { form: {
        korime: 'myEmail',
        lozinka: 'myPassword',
        Submit: 'Најава'
    } },
    function (error, response, body) {
        if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
            console.log(body)
        }
    }
);

I tried the above, because I saw that the post request accepts the Submit parameter too, which is always the value of "Најава". No log from the above either.

var request = require('request');

request.post(
    'http://stomfak.ukim.edu.mk/login_student.php',
    { json: {
        korime: 'myEmail',
        lozinka: 'myPassword'
    } },
    function (error, response, body) {
        if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
            console.log(body)
        }
    }
);

This only logs the body of the page that contains the form, even when I send the correct credentials.

Sorry about the language of the website, but I hope that won't be an issue.

Answer 1

Since I'm not sure what the website requires, I would recommend you to:

• log in the website with inspect mode

• look at the requested header to add more info to your current header.

• Then use Postman to send different requests, and see which one works for you

In postman, there's also a Code link that can generate code in different languages, in your case is nodejs. Let me know if that works for you