WebKit in AppleScript - Bridging and source.. all very weird

Scripting Forums AppleScript Studio & Xcode
#1

If anyone can help with this I’ll be VERY happy, as the application I’m writing has been pretty annoying so far. I don’t know any C at all, and the program I’m making has to use webkit.

Here’s what I’m looking for: A WebView in my application (not the main purpose,) the main idea is that normally the app will retrieve the source of a page, but if need be can also function as a VERY simple web browser. The source needs to be retrieved through webkit, not curl or something because the particular page requires a Microsoft Passport to log in, and a WebKit app will remember the login information and cookies from safari.

So in a nutshell, HTML source through webkit.

I really need this, and if anyone can help, I’ll put their names in the about box and maybe some sort of better compensation if I can think of a way.

Additionaly, if anyone knows how to dynamically create a menu divider, or make a floating transparent bezel window, or put a search field in a menu extra, that information would be much appreciated too.

In closing, thanks for actually reading this, and perhaps helping.

Wil

#2

You can use curl to send cookies, so these are read in the remote url (and also retrieve new ones sent by the called page using the “-c” flag). Eg:

--> login url
set URLApp to quoted form of "http://site.com/login.php"
--> cookies stored currently in Safari
set theCookies to quoted form of "user_name=joe;user_pwd=2adf42e13120"
--> referrer
set referrer to quoted form of "http://site.com/login.php"
--> url-encoded-form-data, as if you fill a form
set URLEncodedFormData to "showcomments=1"

do shell script "curl -A 'Mozilla/4.0' -e " & referrer & " -b " & theCookies & " -d " & URLEncodedFormData & space & URLApp & " -c /tmp/cookies.txt -o /tmp/submit.html"

if (read ("/tmp/submit.html" as POSIX file)) contains "Login OK" then
	display dialog "Login OK"
else
	display dialog "Unable to login"
end if