Using Apache HttpClient to login to Google Account

Question

I am trying to login to my google account to edit my profile via a Java application using apache httpClient. The code I'm using is given below. Although the code returns a cookie its expiry is set to null and when i check the returned page HTML it is the same as the login page i am trying to connect to.

Can someone please point out the error? The code im using is from ClientFormLogin.java in apache httpclient examples.

public class ClientFormLogin {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {


    DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

    HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("https://www.google.com/accounts/Login");

    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpget);
    HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

    System.out.println("Login form get: " + response.getStatusLine());
    if (entity != null) {
        entity.consumeContent();
    }
    System.out.println("Initial set of cookies:");
    List<Cookie> cookies = httpclient.getCookieStore().getCookies();
    if (cookies.isEmpty()) {
        System.out.println("None");
    } else {
        for (int i = 0; i < cookies.size(); i++) {
            System.out.println("- " + cookies.get(i).toString());
        }
    }

    HttpPost httpost = new HttpPost("https://www.google.com/accounts/Login"); 

    List <NameValuePair> nvps = new ArrayList <NameValuePair>();
    nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Email", "xxxxxx"));
    nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("Passwd", "xxxxx"));

    httpost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps, HTTP.UTF_8));

    response = httpclient.execute(httpost);

    entity = response.getEntity();
    System.out.println("Double check we've got right page " + EntityUtils.toString(entity));

    System.out.println("Login form get: " + response.getStatusLine());
    if (entity != null) {
        entity.consumeContent();
    }

    System.out.println("Post logon cookies:");
    cookies = httpclient.getCookieStore().getCookies();
    if (cookies.isEmpty()) {
        System.out.println("None");
    } else {
        for (int i = 0; i < cookies.size(); i++) {
            System.out.println("- " + cookies.get(i).toString());
        }
    }

    httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();        
}

}

Answer 1

Hi Hasilk, I am trying the same what u are trying to do..Have you already find solution for that ?? If yes, please let me know. That would be your great help to me..

Thanks in advance..

Rani