Website1 (et al) redirects to Website2 for login, granting session authorization through cookie (presumably). GetRight (download manager) unable to send cookie back correctly. I've had trouble internet-researching getting/sending cookie (or http re-direction) from java stand-alone app. Are there internet resources on this? Since this is a client side task, does this mean it is not a sub-topic of J2EE?
Afraid that even if I defeat Website1, my stand-alone app won't be generic against websites that try to discourage automated downloads? Comments? Anyway, I am able to use Firefox' tabbed browsing to login then invoke self-written/signed applet to automate Website1 downloads, and suspect that this will work generically.
However I'd prefer to not re-invent the wheel (code my own download mgr). Can MyApplet.getRuntime().exec("Getright.Exe") (et al) invoke GetRight as a Windows XP (rather than Dos) application? Assuming so, can this invocation allow GetRight to (somehow) "inherit" the session authorization that MyApplet receives as a Firefox tab?
Assuming GetRight invocation unworkable, are there http-methods analogous to File.list(), File.isDirectory() that can be used against a website that offers no FTP access? Assuming not, are there specific java methods, coding samples, or 3rd party freeware-packages that facilitate "scraping" html-s for links (as GetRight's Browse feature does)?
Somewhat off topic : instead of launching GetRight (et al) from the applet, can GetRight (or other html scraping download manager) be launched (with "session inheritance") from Firefox?
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