How can i open a url in web browser (such as IE) and pass credentials

Question

I want to open a page that required Basic authentication. I want to pass the Basic authentication header to the browser along with the URL.

How can i do that?

Answer 1

First check this code:

Dim result As String

Using wClnt As New Net.WebClient

    wClnt.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password")

    Using strR As New IO.StreamReader(wClnt.OpenRead("http://ADDRESS_To_READ"))

        result = strR.ReadToEnd

    End Using

End Using

If it was not what your where looking for, Check this post, it may help:

How do I log into a site with WebClient?

Update:

This way you are not opening any browser. Just requesting the address you want and passing Credential.