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UsingCURLforASPXwithVIEWSTATE
OnAugust29,2009,inPHP,byVaibhav
LastnightIwastryingtousecurlfordatamininginPHP.ThewebsitewasbuiltinASPXandusedSession.Asweallknow
ASP.nethasserversidecontrolswhosestateisstoredinthehidden__VIEWSTATEvariableintheform,Ihadtosendthis
VIEWSTATEvariableasmypostvariabletogetthedesiredresponse.
AftertryingforafewhourswithnosuccessIwaswonderingwhatwaswrong.AftersomeresearchIcameacrosssomearticle
thatsuggestedusingLiveHttpHeadersplugininFirefoxtoviewwhatexactrequestisbeingsent.Thenafterlookingatthe
RequestHeaderIfoundthattheVIEWSTATEneedstobeURLencoded!!andthereIgotmydesiredresponseinstantly.
ToconcludeifwesendPOSTparameterswithCURLmakesureyouencodethemandsendintheproperorder.
CheckoutmyotherpostCURLClassthatwillhelpyouwritecodetosendrequeststopagesthatneedcookies.
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9ResponsestoUsingCURLforASPXwithVIEWSTATE
Justinsays:
September15,2009at7:57am
IhadasimilarproblemwhenusingCURLbutImonestepbehind.HowdoyoucapturetheinitialVIEWSTATEand
EVENTVALIDATIONfieldstourlencodebackinthePOSTresponse?
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Vaibhavsays:
September15,2009at11:05am
InmysenarioIusedhardcodedVIEWSTATEvariableforthefirstrequestandthenIreadtheVIEWSTATEvaluefromthe
response.
IfyoudontknowtheVIEWSTATEvalueoritisdynamictheninthissenarioyousimplysendtheGETrequestwithout
VIEWSTATE.YouwillgettheVIEWSTATEintheresponseandallotherparameters.Youcanusephp_tidyextensionto
parse+cleanthehtmlandusexquerytofetchtherequiredvariables.Hopethathelps.
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Opalasays:
March16,2010at4:21pm

Vaibhav,
CouldyoutellmetheexactversionofcURL/phpyouuse.IstartedtoexperienceaproblemwithmyscriptonceIupgradedmy
OS,soIsupposedthatsanissuewithcURLsPOSTand302redirectafterthat.Also,couldyoupastemesomepartofyour
code.Thanks!
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Trikkssays:
June2,2010at12:16pm
Hi!
IminterestedinthesameasOpala.Abriefofthecodewouldbenice!
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fidesays:
January18,2011at2:28am
Hello,
thanksforyourhints,Ihaveexactlythesameproblem.Acodeexamplewouldbeveryappreciated.Thankyou
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DavidStewartsays:
February17,2011at3:41pm
Iwouldlovetoseeademoofyoucode.Haveyousomeexamplesofhowyouhavedonetheencodeon_viewstateandothers?
Thanks.
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Mikesays:
February28,2012at11:23am
Iranintoanerror:ValidationofviewstateMACfailed.Basically,aninvalidviewstate,althoughihaverawurlencodedall
data.
Haveyourunintothis??
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Vaibhavsays:
February28,2012at1:39pm
IhaveseenthiserrorusuallywhenthewebsiteisservedfromaWebFarm(multipleIISServer).Itdoesntrecognizethe
ViewStatebecauseofincorrectkeysconfiguredontheserver.Youhavetomakesureyousendallparameters:__VIEWSTATE,
__EVENTTARGET,__EVENTARGUMENT.
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Mikesays:
February29,2012at12:25am

Yes,Iseewhatyouresayingnow,andImsendingthevalue(s)sentbytheir__doPostBackjsfunction,buttheresultisthe
same.
MaybetheresjustsomethingImdoingwrong,IlltryusingyourCURLclasstohelpclearoutanythingImightbedoing
incorrectly.
Thanks
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