Invision Power Login System

[TheGoldenShroud]

Hi. I know this has been posted before but I wanted to request an actual tutorial on an Invision Power login system. I'm not a fan of copy and paste coding. I actually want to learn from these things. Anyway I've tried HTTPS requests and that doesn't seem to work either so I'm running out of options. Hope to hear back from someone. Thanks!

[Droid O.O]

You can a webbrowser control and use WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementsById("USERNAME_ID" ).SetAttribute("value", "YOUR USERNAME")
This will edit the value or text of the textbox in the login system website and you can make it invisible.
You can do this for mostly any login system and for more details just search it up on google

[NextGen1]

IPBOARD has a API which can be used in .net, You may need to play around with it, dont remember if it can be consumed in VS or not, I think @Jason played around with it when I built wannacode / learn2dev .

But the API for IPBOARD is the way to go, bc then you have more access to more features without too much hardcoding.

@ ^ comment.

DOMS is generally a bad idea unless you already have the intention of adding a webbrowser to your website.

You can use WebRequests to login which are cleaner & dont require a webbrowser.

[Jason]

I never used the IP API, just wrote my own.

[Hassan]

I never used the IP API, just wrote my own.

This. Writing your own API is way cooler because you can add more functionality to it just by few regexes ;D

[Jason]

This. Writing your own API is way cooler because you can add more functionality to it just by few regexes ;D

Except a public API distributed by the creators is much more robust, as they'll keep it up to date with new client changes etc.

[TheGoldenShroud]

Thanks for your feedback. I'll look into it. I would still like a tutorial on the API as well. I'm very fluent with visual basic and C# but combining web and code is not my area of expertise.

[NextGen1]

I never used the IP API, just wrote my own.

Hmm, I do recall (but I would have to double check)that only one of the two Dev Mod(s) for wannacode has access key logs showing direct access to the API (or attempting too). Considering you were the only one (out of the two) who used the API

In either case (however) I only recommended you for familiarity but if you are suggesting that someone who barely understands DOMS & the basics of Webbrowser component(s) builds his own API, then I can't agree, Consuming & Calling API can be complex and requires somewhere between basic & Intermediate skills and understanding, But wrapping PHP API and utilizing it effectively is significantly more difficult & pointless, The only reason to write your own API is if the existing API isn't robust/usable enough as is, or if the API is lacking your specific needs, Creating separate API while a strong / usable API exists is more then superfluous.

[Jason]

Hmm, I do recall (but I would have to double check)that only one of the two Dev Mod(s) for wannacode has access key logs showing direct access to the API (or attempting too). Considering you were the only one (out of the two) who used the API

In either case (however) I only recommended you for familiarity but if you are suggesting that someone who barely understands DOMS & the basics of Webbrowser component(s) builds his own API, then I can't agree, Consuming & Calling API can be complex and requires somewhere between basic & Intermediate skills and understanding, But wrapping PHP API and utilizing it effectively is significantly more difficult & pointless, The only reason to write your own API is if the existing API isn't robust/usable enough as is, or if the API is lacking your specific needs, Creating separate API while a strong / usable API exists is more then superfluous.

You gave me the API key and kept telling me to use it, I never did.

[NextGen1]

Maybe that's the case, doesn't really matter, only person I *thought* I knew who actually used it.

[Jason]

I'm look at the project right now. No API.

[NextGen1]

I said:

Maybe that's the case, I *thought* you were the only person I know who used it. I don't get why your still making a point out of it. If you say you didn't use the API, who am I to say you did...I just thought I remember you using it, I was trying to help the OP and I figured you his best bet at understanding it because I *THOUGHT* I remember you using it, I don't know if you think that, for some reason using API is beneath you, and you are "better" then that so you feel the need to defend yourself, but.(no offense)...I don't care, it wasn't about you....

[TheGoldenShroud]

Not to be rude but I'm still looking for a tutorial. ;p